On this day:
1642: Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer and merchant, reached the coast of South Island in New Zealand
to become the first European to reach New Zealand
1795: Meteorite crashes into Wold Newton in Yorkshire, England.
Born on this day:
1902: Talcott Parsons, American sociologist
Gone on this day:
1784: Samuel Johnson, English author, lexicographer
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