[[19th Century|1829]] – [[Astronomy|Astronomer]] Asaph Hall is born. He is noted for discovering, naming, and calculating the [[orbit]]s of two of [[Mars]]' [[moon]]s, Phobos and Deimos. <br>[[1924]] – Actor Mark Lenard ([[Sarek]]) is born. <br>[[1997]] – The Cassini [[probe ]] launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to [[Saturn]].<br />[[2001]] – [[NASA]]'s ''Galileo '' [[spacecraft ]] passes within 112 miles of [[Jupiter]]'s [[moon ]] Io.<br />[[2003]] – China launches ''Shenzhou 5'', its first manned space mission.<br>
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