1862 - Alvan Graham Clark discovers the white dwarf star Sirius B, a companion of Sirius, through an 18.5-inch (47 cm) telescope now located at Northwestern University.
1953 - North Sea flood of 1953 causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
1958 - The first successful launch of an American satellite.
1958 - James Van Allen discovers the Van Allen radiation belt.
1971 - Apollo 14; Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
