Events
1961 - Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.
1997 - Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
Births
1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist
1877 - James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist
Deaths
1760 - Louis Godin, French astronomer
1995 - Anita Harding, neurologist
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