Births
1850 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist and Nobel laureate
1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist and Nobel laureate
Deaths
1764 - Nathaniel Bliss, English Astronomer Royal
1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Austrian astronomer
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I am really glad you provide this daily history update. I am avid about the history of science and appreciate the data. I also read many of the same periodicals and occasionally books that you list. It is a good fight to keep fighting.