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🚀 Time Machine
-1577
Francis Drake sets sail from England on the "Pelican," later renamed the Golden Hind, on an epic three-year circumnavigation of the world.
-1636
The Massachusetts Bay Colony forms three militia regiments to defend against the Pequot Indians, thereby founding the U.S. National Guard.
-1642
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights New Zealand's South Island, initially calling it Staten Landt before renaming it Nieuw Zeeland.
-1920
The League of Nations forms the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
-1989
"Driving Miss Daisy," starring Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, was released. (Best Picture 1990)
-2003
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was captured near his hometown of Tikrit during Operation Red Dawn by US forces.
📸 Snapshot
La Sagrada Família, 1905. (Under construction for over 140 years)
🗨️ Final Words
“You see, this is how you die.“