1998 Event Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points 1997 Event Mark Messier signs with Vancouver Canucks 1991 Event NHL New York Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier 1961 Birthday Mark D Messier, born in Edmonton, Alberta, NHL Center, Edmonton, New York Rangers 1817 Death Charles Messier, "comet ferret" and catalogs famous "M objects,", dies 1791 Event Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) 1779 Event Charles Messier adds M57 (Ring Nebula in Lyra) to his catalog 1779 Event Charles Messier catalogs M56 (globular cluster in Lyra) 1777 Event Messier adds M53 to his catalog (globular cluster in Coma Berenice) 1774 Event Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog 1771 Event Messier adds M46-M49 to his catalog (galactic clusters in Puppis and Hydra and galaxy in Virgo) 1771 Event Messier presents his original list of 45 M-objects to French Academy 1765 Event Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major) 1758 Event Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog 1730 Birthday Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer, cataloguer of "M objects"
