1570 - Flemish cartographer Abraham Ortelius published the first world atlas (photo)
1742 - Russian polar explorer Semyon Chelyuskin reached dogsled extreme northern headland of Eurasia, later named in his honor - Cape Chelyuskin (photo)
1801 - began a three-week military conflict between Spain and Portugal, known as the "war of the Oranges" (photo)
1873 - American company patented Levis pants with rivets on the pockets. This day is considered the birthday of jeans (photo)
year 1887 - for the preparation of the assassination of the Emperor Alexander III executed older brother VI Lenin - Alexander Ulyanov and his accomplices (photo)
1942 - Decree of the USSR Supreme Soviet Presidium established the Order of the Patriotic War I and II degrees of (photo)
1977 - passed the first test flight of the Soviet fighter 4th generation Su-27 (photo)
1989 - Soviet military pilot Alexander Zuev stole a MiG-29 fighter and landed in Turkey (photo)
