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Events

• The Spanish Armada was defeated by an English naval force off the coast of Gravelines, France– 1588
• The Pittsburgh Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains– 1786
• Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia– 1851
• First successful transcontinental telephone call– 1914
• Lightning caused a deadly fire in Cochrane and Matheson, Ontario– 1916
• President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)– 1958
• Schooner Bluenose II was donated to Nova Scotia– 1971
• First Chicken Wing Day, Buffalo, New York– 1977
• Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer married at St. Paul’s in London, England– 1981
• Bill Mueller of the Boston Red Sox became the first baseball player in major league history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in one game– 2003
• 184-pound wahoo caught, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico– 2005
• A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles, California– 2008
• A pair of Winston Churchill’s wartime dentures sold at auction for approximately $23,750– 2010
• Rare panda triplets born at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China– 2014