Events
1996 - Comet Hyakutake is discovered by Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake.
Births
1720 - Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist
1822 - Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist
1899 - Max Theiler, South African virologist and Nobel Prize laureate
1949 - Peter Agre, American biologist and Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
1858 - Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist
1928 - Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, Danish scientist and Nobel Prize laureate
1962 - Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician
1991 - John Bardeen, American physicist
1995 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter
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“Maybe some people don't feel scared when they think about comets and supernovas. Maybe they think it is wonderful.” -Lydia Netzer
Events
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain