Fact of the Day

Asteroid 5535 Annefrank was named in Anne Frank's honour in 1995, after having been discovered in 1942.

Today in History

1923 Soviet Union Founded The Central Executive Committee accepts the Treaty of Union, signed in Moscow in December 1922, and the Russian Empire becomes the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Today's Birthdays

1859 Verner von Heidenstam

1927 Charles Whittenberg

1937 Gene Chandler [Eugene Dixon]