February 3: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1488Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached Mossel Bay in South Africa.
2. 1637The value of Dutch tulip bulbs, whose prices had soared, suddenly collapsed, ending 'tulip mania'.
3. 1690The Massachusetts colony put the first paper money printed in the Americas into circulation.
4. 1830The London Protocol recognized Greece as a state independent of the Ottoman Empire.
5. 1995Eileen Collins became the first female astronaut to pilot a space shuttle.

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