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Sep

THE TRANSITION TO ANOTHER SEASON

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Aug

TODAY IN HISTORY

Sandy Kozel

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Feb

NEWS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is 73 today

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Feb

NEWS THAT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY

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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.