On this day:
1608: First English convoy lands at Surat, India
1690: Job Charnock sets up East India Company HQ camp by Kalikata village (modern Calcutta)
1949: NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is Established
1991: Ukraine gains its independence from the Soviet Union
2006: Pluto is Declassified as a Planet
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