On this day in 2003, Galileo mission terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it was crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes. In 2001, Deep Space 1 flew within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly. In 1964, the North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, took its maiden flight from Palmdale, California. In 1942, the B-29 Superfortress made its maiden flight. And in 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was published. Happy Birthday Luke Wilson (1971), Ricki Lake (1968), Faith Hill (1967), Cheryl Hines (1965), Dave Coulier (1959), Bill Murray (1950), Stephen King (1947), Jerry Bruckheimer (1945), Chuck Jones (1912) and H. G. Wells (1866). "It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull." - H. L. Mencken