2012 Event Treasure from Spain's Navy frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is returned to Spain after it was recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2007 1997 Event HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) 1935 Death Stanley G Weinbaum, U.S., sci-fi writer (Martian Odyssey), dies 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey'
