1502 Cadiz (Spain), History: Spain dispatched thirty ships with settlers to the New World. The history of Spanish America is long. Much longer than English or French America.
1601 Portsmouth (England), History: The first British East India Company fleet of sixty ships set sail for the East. It had been charted by Queen Elizabeth the year before. It became a law unto itself with its own army and navy.
1914 New York City, Entertainment: the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) was founded in New York City. The purpose of this organisation was –- and remains –- to protect the copyright and performance rights of the works.
1955 Qumran (Israel), History: Four Dead Sea Scrolls were found. These texts pushed back the history of the Hebrew Bible nearly one thousand years. I saw one of them once in a museum.
1997 Space, Technology: The shuttle Discovery, using the Canadarm, captured the plucky Hubble Space Telescope for repairs.
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