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Greenland - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1576-07-11 |
Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. |
1913-07-10 |
134°F (57°C), Greenland Ranch, California (US record) |
1924-07-10 |
Denmark takes Greenland as Norway ends claim |
1931-06-10 |
Norway occupies East Greenland |
1954-01-09 |
-87°F (-66°C), Northice Station, Greenland (Greenland record) |
1968-01-21 |
US B-52 bomber with nuclear bomb on board crashes in Greenland |
1979-05-01 |
Home rule introduced to Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) |
1989-03-07 |
Partial eclipse of the Sun (Hawaii, NW North America, Greenland) |
2013-03-13 |
Aleqa Hammond's Siumut party wins the Greenland parliamentary elections |
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Greenland - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1820-02-03 |
Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland) |
1870-01-15 |
Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer (Greenland) |
1923-04-23 |
James Kirkup, travel writer/poet/novelist (African in Greenland) |
Greenland - Notable Deaths
Greenland - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1930-11-03 |
Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland (date is approximate) |
