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The North Atlantic seas south of Iceland were relatively calm on May 9, 1941 as a British convoy made its way from England to Nova Scotia.
The Fukushima Nuclear Plant - one of many similar facilities supplying Japan with electrical power - was impacted by the 8.
In 1616,Galileo had agreed not to teach the Copernican theory.
Continuing with his theories on motion, Galileo used a horse to demonstrate that the Earth moves.
When a new Pope was elected in Rome - Urban VIII - Galileo believed his ideas would finally be accepted.
On the 7th of January, 1610, Galileo turned his telescope to the sky and discovered that Jupiter had three moons.
Galileo - according to many scholars - was the creator of modern science.
Before Galileo had a chance to plead his cause before the Inquisitor, the Council voted 11-0 that the Earth did not move.
An assistant of Thomas Edison filmed this panorama of Galveston's Orphan Home.
Gandhi urged a national strike after he returned to his country. The Amritsar Massacre soon followed.
Gandhi referred to South Africa as his second home, and it was there that the young lawyer decided to non-violently oppose a racially motivated law.
When he was 78 years old, Gandhi tried to mediate a rift which had developed between two of India's leading political figures.
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