Events
1633 - The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his heliocentrism.
1978 - Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered.
Births
1871 - William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath
1887 - Julian Huxley, British biologist
Deaths
1429 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician
1990 - Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
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Tag, you're it John. Heh. Blame PZ.
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