On this day:
1911: Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his team reached the South Pole, becoming the first men in recorded history to do so
1958: Soviets Reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility. A Pole of Inaccessibility is a location on Earth that is extremely difficult to access.
1961: Tanzania joins the United Nations. Tanzania came into being after the merger of Tanganyika and the Zanzibar Archipelago
Born on this day:
1503: Nostradamus, French astrologer
1546: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, chemist
Gone on this day:
1943: John Harvey Kellogg, American surgeon, co-created Corn flakes
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