Daily Extra :
Quote Of The Day
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
Who Was Born Today?:
1930: James Benson Irwin, Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, Col USAF/astronaut, Apollo 15
1936: Thomas K. Mattingly II, Chic, Captain USN/astronaut, Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C
Who Died Today?:
1764: George Parker, English astronomer
1846: Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), age 61
1846: Friedrich W. Bessel, German astronomer (Bessel Functions), age 61
Today in History:
1958: Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape
1992: Russian manned space craft TM-14, launches into orbit
