Events
1655 - Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christian Huygens.
1979 - The first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
1992 - Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returns to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station.
Births
1539 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician
1800 - Heinrich von Dechsen, German geologist
1863 - Simon Flexner, American pathologist
1884 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist
1946 - Maurice Krafft, French vulcanologist
1952 - Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician
Deaths
1712 - Nehemiah Grew, English naturalist
1818 - Caspar Wessel, Danish mathematician
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You know, that photo bears quite some resemblance to your userpic. Which, by the way, is impressively emo. Good gad. What are those freshmen doing to you?