1497 - Vasco da Gama rounds the Cape of Good Hope, the point where Bartolomeu Dias had previously turned back to Portugal.
1631 - Mount Vesuvious, Italy erupts, destroys 6 villages & kills 4,000
1707 - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
1857 - Earthquake in Naples, Italy
1920 - 8.5 earthquake rocks the Gansu province in China, killing an estimated 200,000
Victory day of Bangladesh
