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• 1735 – Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this
day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time
before 1979.
• 1893 – The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi
Mikimoto.
• 1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
• 1979 – America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed
as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
