Guest guest Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Reminder from: 's Calendar Title: Time Capisule: August 30th Date: Wednesday August 30, 2006 Time: 12:30 am - 12:30 am Repeats: This event repeats every year. Description: On this day in1885, 13,000 meteors were seen in one hour near Andromeda. 1979, the first recorded occurrence of a comet hitting the sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) took place. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1797: Wollstonecraft , London, England, author (enstein). In 1852: us Henricus van't Hoff, Netherlands, physical chemist (Nobel 1901). In 1871: Ernest Lord Rutherford, England, physicist; discovered atomic nucleus. In 1884: Theodor Svedberg, Sweden, chemist, worked with colloids (Nobel '26). Copyright © 2006 | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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