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1780:
Capt. Cook is Killed:
News of the Feb. 14, 1779, death of British explorer Capt. James Cook on the island of "O'why'he" took 11 months to reach The London Gazette, which reported the news in this 1780 issue. Cook, who stopped in Hawaii during his third exploration of the Pacific Ocean, was killed in an altercation with Hawaiians. |