March 9: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1500Pedro Álvares Cabral's fleet left Lisbon on a voyage that would reach the coast of Brazil.
2. 1776Scottish economist Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, a foundational work of modern economics.
3. 1842Giuseppe Verdi's opera 'Nabucco' premiered in Milan.
4. 1908Internazionale (Inter), one of Italy's long-established football clubs, was founded in Milan.
5. 2011The US space shuttle Discovery completed its final mission and landed on Earth for the last time.

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