Today in Greenland History
Historical Events
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1576-07-11 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
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 bombers with nuclear bomb 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)
Famous Birthdays
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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)
1968-11-22 - Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
