1611 - Henry Hudson is planted in the Hudson Bay by Discovery. It's never seen again.
1633 - Galileo Galilei is forced to give up scientific theses that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the universe.
1840 - Ernest Debes, a German cartographer, was born.
1851 - Fire destroys half of the city of San Francisco.
1959 - Vanguard SLV-6 launched in orbit.
1962 - The first test flight of the Hovercraft vessel was made.
1978 - Charon satelit was discovered on planet Pluto.
1983 - The first time a satellite is returned from the orbit of a spacecraft.
