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In history:
>1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas.
>1964 – The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
>1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
>2005 – The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.