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						1      158 years ago, in 1804: Karl Ludwig Harding of Germany discovers the asteroid Juno.      103 years ago, in 1859: First day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.        This year: The Sputnik 20 (Venera 2MV-1 No.2) atmospheric probe is launched for Venus, but its escape stage fails.
2      103 years ago, in 1859: Second day of the Carrington Event; one of the most powerful geomagnetic solar storms on record.	3      4 years ago, in 1958: Explorer 4's low-power transmitter fails.	4      280 years ago, in 1682: English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet that will be named after him.        This year: Mariner 2 performs the first rocket maneuver in deep space on its way to Venus.	5        This year: The descent module of Korabl-Sputnik 1 (Sputnik 4) re-enters Earths atmosphere.	6      15 years ago, in 1947: The U.S. Navy launches a German V-2 rocket at sea from the aircraft carrier USS Midway, where it splashes down 10 km (6 miles) away.	7	8      178 years ago, in 1784: William Herschel discovers NGC 16, a lenticular galaxy located in the Pegasus constellation.
9      70 years ago, in 1892: Edward Barnard discovers the fifth moon of Jupiter, Amalthea, using the Lick 36-inch refractor.	10      178 years ago, in 1784: William Herschel discovers NGC 23, a spiral galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.      104 years ago, in 1858: George Mary Searle, an American astronomer and Catholic priest, discovers asteroid 55 Pandora.	11	12      3 years ago, in 1959: Luna 2 is launched to the Moon.        This year: The Sputnik 21 (Venera 2MV-2 No.1) probe is launched for Venus, but its third stage explodes.	13	14      3 years ago, in 1959: Luna 2 is the first craft to impact into the Moon.	15
16      114 years ago, in 1848: William Bond, his son George, and William Lassell co-discover one of Saturn's moons, Hyperion.      13 years ago, in 1949: Aboard a US-launched V-2, Albert III, a long-tailed macaque, dies when the rocket explodes ten seconds after launch.	17      173 years ago, in 1789: William Herschel discovers a moon of Saturn, Mimas.	18      176 years ago, in 1786: William Herschel discovers NGC 14, an irregular galaxy in the Pegasus constellation.	19	20	21	22
23      116 years ago, in 1846: Johann Galle discovers the planet Neptune, based on calculations by Urbain Le Verrier.      4 years ago, in 1958: Intended for a lunar impact, the Soviets launch Luna E-1 No.1 (Luna 1958A), but the rocket disintegrates 92 seconds after launch.	24	25      2 years ago, in 1960: Pioneer P-30 (Atlas-Able 5A, Pioneer Y) is launched for a lunar orbit, but the mission fails due to a second stage malfunction.	26	27	28      11 years ago, in 1951: Seth Barnes Nicholson discovers on of Jupiter's moons, Ananke.        This year: Alouette I makes Canada the third nation to build and the fourth nation to launch a satellite (and still orbiting).	29      78 years ago, in 1884: 243 Ida, a minor planet in the inner asteroid belt, is discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa at the Vienna Observatory.
30      82 years ago, in 1880: Using an 11 inch Clark Brothers photographic refractor, Henry Draper is the first person to photograph the Orion Nebula.