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1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)

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1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.

1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.

1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)

1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)