1672 - Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden, Netherlands
1924 - Astronomer Edwin Hubble formally announces the existence of other galaxies at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society
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1945 - Vernon Wells, Australian actor (Commando; Mad Max: The Road Warrior), born in Rushworth, Australia
1953 - Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and NASA astronaut (STS 72), born in Norwalk, Connecticut
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