The terrible thing about the quest for truth is that you find it.
— Remy de Gourmont
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On This Day
In 1778, James Cook became the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the “Sandwich Islands.”
In 1896, an X-ray generating machine was exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
In 1911, Eugene B. Ely became the first man to land an aircraft on a ship.
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