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📅 Sep 25, 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Reaches the Pacific Ocean
On September 25, 1513, Balboa became the first European to sight the Pacific Ocean from the Americas, from a peak in Panama.
📖Exploration
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📅 Sep 20, 1519
Ferdinand Magellan Sails from Spain to Circumnavigate the Globe
On September 20, 1519, Magellan sailed from Spain with five ships on the voyage that would become the first circumnavigation of the earth.
📖Exploration
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📅 Sep 26, 1580
Francis Drake Returns to Plymouth After Circumnavigating the Globe
On September 26, 1580, Francis Drake returned to Plymouth after becoming the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe.
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📅 Nov 1, 1914
The Battle of Coronel
On November 1, 1914, a German squadron under Maximilian von Spee destroyed a British force off Coronel on the coast of Chile.
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📅 Nov 1, 1952
The United States Tests the First Hydrogen Bomb
On November 1, 1952, the U.S. detonated Ivy Mike, the first hydrogen bomb, at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific.