Michael Keens exhibited the first large-scale cultivated strawberry—a large fruit strawberry called the Keen Seedling—on this day in 1806.

Did you know that:

• Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Quebec on this day in 1608
• Pitcairn Island was discovered by Midshipman Robert Pitcairn on an expeditionary voyage on this day in 1767
• The first NY Tribune printing using the first commercial linotype machine was on this day in 1886
• Tom Cruise is an American actor and producer born on this day in 1962

// Compiled by Zoya Siddiqui