1839 - French photography pioneer Louis Daguerre captures first picture of the Moon.
1860 – Discovery of the planet Vulcan (hypothetical planet) is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
1959 - Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
1999 - North American blizzard of 1999: A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, Illinois, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.
2004 - Stardust (spacecraft) successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
