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04/16/1806 |
Total eclipse of the sun is visible in Boston. |
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1815 |
William Cranch Bond is sent to observe construction of the Greenwich observatory in England. |
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03/13/1855 |
Lowell (Percival) is born in Boston. |
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11/14/1866 |
Predicted meteor shower over Boston fails to occur. |
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08/30/1907 |
Percival Lowell’s claim that Mars is inhabited appears in the New York Times. |
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1914 |
Percival Lowell suggests the existence of Pluto. |
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06/08/1937 |
McCandless (Bruce) is born in Boston. |
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10/04/1957 |
Sputnik is launched in the Soviet Union. |
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04/12/1961 |
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space. |
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05/25/1961 |
President John F. Kennedy promotes the U.S. exploration of space in Washington, D.C. |
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