On this day:
1860: Urban Le Verrier announces the discovery of the planet Vulcan
1959: Luna 1 is launched, the Soviet spacecraft which was the first to reach the vicinity of the moon and orbit the sun.
Born on this day:
1920: Isaac Asimov, American chemist, author
Gone on this day:
1892: George Biddell Airy, English mathematician, astronomer
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