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1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung.
Births
1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician
1904 – Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate
Deaths
1989 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, conservationist and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund.