On this day:
1858: First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service
1958: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is established
Gone on this day:
1741: Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist, composer
1968: Otto Hahn, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
2004: Francis Crick, English biologist, biophysicist, neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate
2016: Mahasweta Devi, Indian Bengali writer and activist, dies at 90
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