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1831 – Charles Darwin is asked to travel on HMS Beagle.
2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
Births
1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel laureate
1923 – Arthur Jensen, American hereditarian psychologist
1950 – Tim White, American physical anthropologist
Deaths
1595 – Thomas Digges, English astronomer
1664 – Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer
1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist