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753 BC
Traditional date of the founding of Rome.
1519
Conquistador Hernando Cortez lands at Veracruz, Mexico.
1838
Environmentalist writer John Muir born in Dunbar, Scotland.
1898
English soldier, mystic, mountaineer, and pilot Maurice Wilson born in Bradford, England.
He attempted climbing Mount Everest by himself in 1934 based on the belief in the power of fasting and prayer.
1918
German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as 'The Red Baron', was shot down and killed by Allied fire over Vaux sur Somme in France.
1926
Queen Elizabeth II born in London, England.
1934
The most famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster, known as the "Surgeon's Photograph", is published in the Daily Mail.
The photograph was later revealed to be a hoax in 1999.
1947
Singer/songwriter Iggy Pop (The Stooges) born in Muskegon, Michigan.
1962
The Seattle World's Fair opens in Seattle, Washington.
1965
The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
1969
Uncle Meat album released by The Mothers of Invention
