1994 Event Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1 1950 Death Sara Allgood, Irish actress (Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase), dies at 56 1923 Birthday Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor, Great spiral 1893 Birthday Sara Allgood, Dublin Ireland, actress, Jane Eyre, Spiral Staircase 1824 Birthday William Higgins, discoverer, nature of spiral nebulae 1791 Event Messier catalogs M83 (spiral galaxy in Hydra) 1774 Event Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
