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Lynne Cox swims 4.3 km from US to USSR in 4?

For one second this afternoon, the time is 12:34:56, 7-8-90.?

Cornerstone is laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory.?

Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope.?

First known ascent in a hot-air balloon, by Father Bartolomeu de Gusmao of Portugal (indoors!).?