1568: The death sentence was passed on an entire country when the whole population of the Netherlands was condemned for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition.
1955: Soviet surveyors surprised the world when they announced that they had overlooked something in Siberia. They had just discovered a mountain they didn't know existed. It was 24,664ft high.
1937: Nylon was patented by a Du Pont Chemical Research team. The name Nylon is composed of NY for New York and Lon for London, the two cities where it was developed.
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