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24
Aug
TODAY IN HISTORY
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19
Feb
NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is 73 today
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23
Sep
PLANET DISCOVERED ON THIS DAY IN 1846
Neptune, the 8th planet from the sun
German observatory astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle (above)
discovered the planet Neptune. He was assisted by Urbain Jean
Joseph Le Verrier (below) a French mathematician who specialized
in celestial mechanics. Neptune was named by Le Verrier after the
Roman mythological god of the sea.
Urbain Le Verrier
11
Mar
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
Though mentioned by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, the idea of daylight saving
time, advancing clocks forward one hour so that evenings have more daylight,
was first proposed in 1895 by George Vernon Hudson and was implemented
during World War ll.
George V. Hudson was an English-born New
Zealand entomologist and astronomer.
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