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Today is Wednesday August 14th, the 226th day of 1991.
There are 139 days left in the year.

SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY celebrities born on this date...
 In 1777 Hans Christian Oersted, physicist, chemist 
 In 1840 Richard Krafft-Ebing, German neuropsychiatrist, sex researcher 
 In 1860 Ernest T. Seton, naturalist 
 In 1912 Frank F. Oppenheimer, NYC, nuclear physicist, brother of Robert 
 In 1943 Jon A. McBride,  Charleston, WV, captain, USN, astronaut (STS-41G) 
 In 1952 Mark C. Lee,  Viroqua, Wisc., major, USAF, astronaut (STS-30) 

Events on this day in SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY history...
 In 1498 Columbus reaches the mouth of Rio Orinoco, South America 
 In 1841 1st US scientific expedition arrives in San Francisco 
 In 1857 Napoleon III inaugurates the buildings of the New Louvre 
 In 1888 Electric meter patented by Oliver Shallenberger, Rochester, Penn. 
 In 1901 Gustave Whitehead makes 1st US airplane flight, Bridgeport, Conn. 
 In 1909 Rainbow Bridge natural stone arch discovered in Utah 
 In 1919 1st airmail service to a steamer at sea, NYC-"Adriatic" 
 In 1941 1st single-rotor helicopter flight, Igor Sikorsky 
 In 1946 Ice island T-1 discovered in Arctic Ocean 
 In 1959 Beacon 2 launched for earth orbit - it fails 
 In 1962 French & Italian Mont Blanc Vehicular Tunnel workers break through 
 In 1962 NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes X-15 to 60,000 m 
 In 1966 1st US Lunar Orbiter begins orbiting the moon 
 In 1983 IBM-PC DOS version 3.0 released 
 In 1989 IBM introduces superconducting instrument to measure brain's magnetism 

And remember...
         Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus, then Draco 
         Perseid meteor shower (St. Laurence's Tears), radiant in Perseus 