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Astronomy Day is an annual event in various countries, ... October 8 October 9 2017 Spring April 29 May 2 Autumn September 30 September 27 2018
October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 84 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 316 ...
The Revised Julian and Gregorian calendars will differ by a day. [163] ≈2750 4772 October 13 The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, assuming a turnover value of 20 b'ak'tuns, will require a sixth order. 2,884 4909 The Gregorian calendar will be a full day ahead of the solar year. 3,984 6009 The first Strobogrammatic numbered year since 1961 ...
Highlights of this day in history: Deadly fires scorch Chicago and other parts of Upper Midwest; Communist Poland bans labor groups; Alexander Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize for Literature; Don ...
A Draconid meteor outburst occurred [8] as expected [9] [10] [11] on October 8, 2011, ... Draconid Meteors Over Spain (Astronomy Picture of the Day 2011 October 19)
Many know that the prefix oct- means eight, as in octopus or octagon. But why does October, the 10th month of the year, have this prefix?
15 October 1997 – The Cassini space probe launches and is active in space for nearly 20 years; 15 October 2003 – The People's Republic of China becomes the third nation to send a human into space when Yang Liwei is launched into outer space aboard Shenzhou 5; 24 October 1946 – First motion pictures of Earth are taken from a V-2 rocket
The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...