2004 – A 1.3 kilogram chondrite type meteorite strikes the house of Phil and Brenda Archer, in Ellerslie, New Zealand, causing serious damage but no injuries.
![STS-91](https://thisdayinastrohistory.com/thisday/images/sts91_landing.jpg")
1998 STS-91 landed at 18:00 GMT with the crew of Precourt, Gorie, Lawrence, Chang-Diaz, Kavandi, Ryumin and Thomas Andrew aboard.
1967 – Venera 4 (USSR) launched. Venus atmospheric probe. It arrived at Venus on October 18, 1967. It was the first probe to be placed directly in the atmosphere and to return atmospheric data. It was crushed by Venusian pressure before it reached the surface.
Birthdays
1949 – Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin is a Russian cosmonaut and former politician. Time in space: 19d 17h 44m. His first spaceflight, sometimes called Mir EP-4, was launched with the spacecraft Soyuz TM-28 on 13 August 1998. He landed with Soyuz TM-27. His second mission was ISS EP-1.
1843 – David Gill born in Aberdeen, Scotland, son of a watchmaker. Bruce Medallist 1900. He redetermined the distance to the Sun to such precision that his value was used for almanacs until 1968. (d. 24 January 1914)