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Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498)
Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
Samuel Hopkins: received the first US patent for a process of making fertilizer (1790)
Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856)
NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914)
K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)
K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954)