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Quote Of The Day

The universe is wider than our views of it.
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

Who Was Born Today?:

1794: Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician and astronomer
1935: Philip K. Chapman, born in Melbourne, Australia, astronaut, Apollo 14 support
1953: Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russian colonel/cosmonaut, TM-24
1962: Robert L. Curbeam, Jr., born in Baltimore, Maryland, astronaut, STS 85, sk: 99


Who Died Today?:

1827: Pierre-Simon Laplace died in Paris, France

Today in History:

1968: U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun

1978: Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California

1979: Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter.

1980: Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49

1982: Venera 14 landed on Venus.

1996: NEAR, USA Asteroid Orbiter (Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous) imaged Comet Hyakutake.

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