1856: James Harrison produces the world's first practical ice making machine and refrigerator using the principle of vapor compression in Geelong, Australia.
A night view of burning Toyama, Japan on August 1, 1945, after 173 American B-29 bombers firebombed the city. Formerly a big producer of aluminum, the city was over 90% completely destroyed.
4,000-year-old skeletons of mother and child are found locked in dying embrace in 'China's Pompeii' that was wiped out by a catastrophic earthquake. The discovery was made by experts on the Bronze Age archaeological site in Qinghai province.
For 20 years, astronomers have tracked a star designated 'S2' whipping around the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy at up to 3% of the speed of light.
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