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 Soviet Union
2006 Pluto is Declassified as a Planet
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