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
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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.