1587 - 2nd English colony forms on Roanoke Island off NC
1784 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function)
1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, founded by Gen Moses Cleveland
1888 - Kirk Bryan, American geologist (d. 1950)
1933 - 1st solo flight round the world 7d 19hrs (Wiley Post)
1962 - 1st US Venus probe, Mariner 1, fails at lift-off
