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Winterfylleþ 17:

Johannes Kepler's original drawing of Supernova 1604
  • 1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon wífode Isabella of Castile. Hira gemǽnung lǽdde tó þǽm limplǽcunge Aragones and Castilan intó án Corónan, Spéonlande.
  • 1604 - Kepleres Steorra: Þéodisc steorscéawere Johannes Kepler scéawode, þæt an syndriglíce beorht steorra fǽringa wæs geblicon in þǽm tungolmearcung Ophiuchus. Þes "níwa steorra" wæs rihte séo endemeste oferútáberstung gescéawod in úsere ágenan tungolsamnunge, þǽm Iringes wege.
  • 1989 - Loma Prieta eorþstyren: Séo gríeteste eorþstyren, þe géo gelamp on þǽm San Andreas Fault in Californian siþþan 1906, slóg the San Francisco Bay Area at 5.04 pm local time and measured 7.1 on the Richter scale.
  • 2003 - The pinnacle was fitted on the roof of Taipei 101, a 106-floor skyscraper in Taipei, allowing it to surpass the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur by 50 metres (165 feet) and become the World's tallest building.

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