Departure of Columbus's first voyage
Columbus departs from Palos de la Frontera on his first Atlantic voyage, financed and authorized by Isabella and Ferdinand.
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Columbus departs from Palos de la Frontera on his first Atlantic voyage, financed and authorized by Isabella and Ferdinand.
View detailsColumbus sailed from Palos on his first transatlantic voyage under Isabella’s sponsorship, launching sustained European exploration.
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View detailsLadd-Franklin presented her color vision research at the International Congress of Experimental Psychology in London.
View detailsRegina Jonas was born in Berlin, Germany. She later became known as the first woman to be ordained as a rabbi in history.
View detailsMargaret Eliza "Maggie" Kuhn was born on August 3, 1905, in Buffalo, New York, the eldest of two children.
View detailsJosephine Cochrane died in Chicago, Illinois, on August 3, 1913, aged 74.
View detailsMildred McAfee became the Navy's first female line officer and first director of WAVES on 3 August 1942.
View detailsNicholls passed away on August 3, 1943, leaving a legacy of reform and advocacy.
View detailsColette died on 3 August 1954 in her apartment in the Palais-Royal, Paris, and was given a state funeral, the first for a French woman writer.
View detailsPhilip Graham's suicide led Katharine to lead The Washington Post.
View detailsBeryl Markham died on August 3, 1986, in Nairobi, Kenya, at age 83.
View detailsAppointed as an Italian Senator for Life in 2001.
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