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Births 1640 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer 1905 - Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist 1907 - John Zachary Young, British biologist Deaths 1907 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist

Events 1963 - Vostok 6 Mission, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space. Births 1591 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist 1633 - Jean de ThÃ©venot, French traveler and scientist 1801 - Julius PlÃ¼cker, German mathematician and…

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Events 1994 - Confirmation of the first extrasolar planets (around pulsar PSR B1257+12) is announced by Alexander Wolszczan. Births 1652 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician 1774 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist 1882 - Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel laureate 1889 - Paul…

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Events 1991 - The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra (above), becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid. Births 1656 (O.S.) - Edmond Halley, English astronomer 1827 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist 1880 - Abram Ioffe, Soviet physicist 1915 - William…

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