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30 January 2015
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- 1921 Birth of Rudolph Mössbauer, discoverer of the Mössbauer Effect in spectroscopy and winner of a share of the 1961 Nobel Prize along with Robert Hofstadter
- 1958 James Van Allen discovers the radiation belt that now bears his name
- 1982 A white dwarf companion to Sirius is discovered by Alvan Graham Clark using an 18.5-inch telescope
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