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Today in Science (0805)

August 5, 2007

Events

1858Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts.

1969Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).

Births

1930Neil Armstrong, astronaut and first human to stand on the Moon.

Deaths

1880Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician

1957Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate