May 19: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 1743French physicist Jean-Pierre Christin developed today's centigrade temperature scale.
2. 1798Napoleon Bonaparte sailed from France with his fleet on a campaign to Ottoman-ruled Egypt.
3. 1883Buffalo Bill's famous Wild West show was staged for the first time in Omaha, Nebraska.
4. 1911Canada established Parks Canada, the world's first national parks service.
5. 1961The Soviet probe Venera 1 became the first human-made object to pass near Venus.

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