Events
1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung.
Births
1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician
1904 - Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate
Deaths
1989 - Peter Scott, English ornithologist, conservationist and co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund.