Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
The beginning, middle, and end of the birth, growth, and perfection of whatever we behold is from contraries, by contraries, and to contraries; and whatever contrarity is, there is action and reaction, there is motion, diversity, multitude, and order, there are degrees, succession and vicissitude.
Giordano Bruno (1548–1600)
Who Was Born Today?:
1851: Johannes C Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer
1946: Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut
1946: Alexandr Vladimirovich Shchukin, Russian cosmonaut
Who Died Today?:
Today in History:
1961: Iris rocket, new solid-propellant single-stage sounding rocket, failed to attain programmed flight from Wallops Island, reaching only 86 miles' altitude instead of 160 miles.
