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Ρώμη, Ιταλία: Ο νεοεκλεγείς Πάπας Λέων ΙΔ΄, Καρδινάλιος Ρόμπερτ Πρέβοστ από τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, εμφανίζεται στο μπαλκόνι της Βασιλικής του Αγίου Πέτρου, στο Βατικανό. Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters
Ήξερες ότι...
Μόνο δύο θηλυκά θηλαστικά έχουν παρθενικό υμένα: οι άνθρωποι και τα άλογα.
Εγκαινιάζεται η Κωνσταντινούπολη, την οποία είχε θεμελιώσει το 324 ο Κωνσταντίνος Α ο Μέγας και κτίστηκε σε επτά λόφους πάνω στην αρχαία αποικία των Μεγαρέων, Βυζάντιο.
1867
Το Λουξεμβούργο αποκτά την ανεξαρτησία του.
1949
Το Σιάμ μετονομάζεται σε Ταϊλάνδη.
1960
Το πρώτο αντισυλληπτικό χάπι γίνεται διαθέσιμο στην αγορά.
1987
Στη Βαλτιμόρη του Μέριλαντ λαμβάνει χώρα η πρώτη μεταμόσχευση καρδιάς-πνεύμονα από τον Δρ. Μπρους Ράιτζ (Bruce Reitz) της Ιατρικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου του Στάνφορντ.
