exploration

Today In History – September 4

September 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded.

February 16, 1923, the door to King Tut’s tomb was unsealed.

February 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia disaster.

January 18, 1788, the first shipload of convicts landed in Botany Bay, Australia.

January 17, 1773, Captain James Cook and his crew became the first Europeans to cross the Antarctic Circle.

January 13, 1888, the National Geographic Society was formed.