On this day in history: 1066 - Halleys Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed. 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established when President John Adams signs legislation to appropriate $5,000 USD to purchase such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress. 1833 - Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent 1st soda fountain. 1865 - Fire alarm & police telegraph system put into operation (SF). 1885 – American sharpshooter Annie Oakley was hired by Nate Salsbury to be a part of Buffalo Bills Wild West. 1888 - Eastman Kodak forms 1895 - Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat. 1913 – The Woolworth Building skyscraper in New York City is opened. 1916 – Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the ice-trapped ship Endurance. 1961 - The 17th century Swedish ship Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is raised. 1967 – Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. 1970 – The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. 1971 – Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1. 1990 – STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery. 2005 – Snuppy, the worlds first cloned dog, is born in South Korea.
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