Children's author Theodor Geisel, better known by this pen name, is born. 1904
Dr. Seuss
86.4%
Roald Dahl
4.6%
E. B. White
2%
A. A. Milne
3.5%
This Portuguese explorer lands on the Island of Mozambique during his first voyage around Africa to India. 1498
Vasco da Gama
58.8%
Bartholomeu Dias
5.4%
Ferdinand Magellan
32.6%
Pedro Alvares Cabral
3.2%
English cleric and theologian John Wesley, known for founding the Christian denomination _____ with his brother Charles, dies. 1791
Methodism
54.3%
Presbyterianism
33.6%
Pentecostalism
6.2%
Congregationalism
2.9%
The first major American campaign in the American Revolution, the siege of this British-controlled city, begins with sustained artillery bombardment. 1776
Boston
50.8%
New York
11.6%
Savannah
8.3%
Charleston
27.1%
The Great Fire of Meireki begins, claiming an estimated 100,000 lives and destroying the majority of this Japanese city. 1657
Edo
40.3%
Kyoto
41.2%
Kamakura
6.9%
Nagasaki
10.5%
The Pioneer 10 probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a mission to this planet. 1972
Jupiter
19.7%
Venus
12.3%
Pluto
6.1%
Mars
58.1%
The short-lived Republic of Texas formally declares its independence from Mexico, with this man as its first President. 1836
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