> Has there ever been a single instance in the western hemisphere
I know it’s only slightly relevant for this discussion, but I guess you meant to say “the Western world” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world), large parts of which are in the Eastern Hemisphere (half of London and most of the European mainland are east of the Greenwich meridian)
I know it’s only slightly relevant for this discussion, but I guess you meant to say “the Western world” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world), large parts of which are in the Eastern Hemisphere (half of London and most of the European mainland are east of the Greenwich meridian)