On this day:
1995 First exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star, Bellerophon, discovered
2007 First successful human powered attempt to circumnavigate the world by Englishman Jason Lewis
Born on this day:
1846 George Westinghouse, American engineer, inventor
Gone on this day:
1542 Thomas Wyatt, English poet
1892 Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet