Today in Science (0114)

Events

2005 - Landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan.

Births

1684 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist

1806 - Matthew Fontaine Maury American oceanographer

Deaths

1742 - Edmond Halley, English scientist

1905 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist

2001 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist

More like this

February 9th 1752 - Death of Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist
Births 1781 - Johann Baptist von Spix, German scientist
Here's your crazy factoid of the day. It's from the recent article on spider hunters in the New Yorker by Burkhard Bilger (not online):
Speaking of decisions, I've got to make a rather difficult one today: beer for the Thanksgiving table.