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10h 29min, may 8, 1541 y - Hernando de Soto

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On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, one of the first European explorers to ever do so.

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10h 29min, may 8, 1541 y
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~ 485 years ago

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