When did the following event happen?
The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, is launched by the Soviet Union.
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2012
The Mars Curiosity Rover lands in the Gale Crater on the planet Mars.
Note:
BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.