1875 – The first official game of Polo is played in Argentina after being introduced by British ranchers.
1933 –Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).
1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
1976 – Viking Program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
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