Events

1792 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
1835 – Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake.
1935 – Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
2005 – Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.

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