Guest guest Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 Reminder from: FAMSecretSociety Yahoo! Group Title: Time Capsule: December 6th Date: Saturday December 6, 2008 Time: 12:30 am - 12:30 am Repeats: This event repeats every year. Notes: On this day in1631, the first predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) was observed. 1768, the first edition of " Encyclopedia Brittanica " was published (Scotland). Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1822: Eberhard, who built the firhst large-scale pencil factory in the US. In 1886: Joyce Kilmer, US, (male) poet (Trees). In 1909: Watkins, woodland conservationist.In 1918: Harold Horace Hopkins, inventor (Endoscope).In 1928: Bert Geoffrey Achong, inventor (electron microscopist). Get reminders on your mobile, Yahoo! Messenger, and email.Edit reminder options Copyright © 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved | Terms of Service | Privacy Policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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