Time Capsule: March 13th, 3/13/2006, 12:30 am

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Reminder from the Calendar of

Time Capsule: March 13th

Monday March 13, 2006

12:30 am

- 12:30 am

This event repeats every year.

Notes:

On this day in0607, the twelth perihelion passage of Halley's Comet was recorded.1781, Sir Herschel saw a " comet " (but really discovered Uranus). 1930, Clyde Tombaugh, at Lowell Observatory, announced the discovery of Pluto. 1970, Digital Equipment Corp introduced the PDP-11 minicomputer.1986, space probe Giotto encountered Halley's Comet. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1733: ph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen).1855: Percival " Percy " Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto).

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