On this day:
1851: Moby Dick, written by Herman Melville, is Published for the First Time
1867: Alaska Becomes a Part of the United States after it purchases it from Russia
1967: The Soviet Probe Venera 4 Becomes First Space Probe to Enter the Atmosphere of Another Planet
Gone on this day:
1871: Charles Babbage, English mathematician, engineer, invented the Difference engine. He is known as the Father of Computers
1931: Thomas Edison, American businessman, invented the light bulb, phonograph
1973: Leo Strauss, German/American philosopher
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