1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
1631 - Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
1775 - Lord Dunmore promises freedom to male slaves who join British army
1875 - Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa
1966 - Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US
2012 - 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala
