Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1642 Discovery Of Tasmania

Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover Van Diemen’s Land, that was later renamed to become Tasmania as we know it today

1963 Death Of Lee Harvey Oswald

Lee Harvey Oswald, the man responsible for the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, is killed by Jack Ruby.

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