George Washington dies, a spacecraft flies by Venus for the first time, Bob Dylan releases his first single, and President George W. Bush ducks flying shoes in Iraq, all on this day.
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1911: Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.