2013 Event The Arctic Council, an international forum that addresses issues faced by Arctic governments and the Arctic's indigenous people, gives China, India and four other nations observer status 1993 Event Mars Observer comes closest to Mars 1993 Event NASA loses contact with Mars Observer 1993 Event Mars Observer takes 1st photo of Mars, from 5 billion km 1992 Event U.S. Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle 1988 Event Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins 1952 Death Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies 1917 Birthday Tiny Rowland, Roland Fuhrop, German/British owner, Observer 1911 Event Waldorf W Aster acquires Daily Observer 1903 Birthday Malcolm Muggeridge, English writer, Observer of Life 1814 Birthday Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer, Victorian Observer 1813 Event 1st U.S. relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer)) 1791 Event Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, 1st published 1601 Death Tycho Brahe, greatest naked-eye observer, dies in Prague
