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Asteroid (494) Virtus was discovered by Max Wolf on October 7th, 1902. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494_Virtus

 



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Uppsala University was inaugurated in 1477
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51081811/uppsala-university/

The Nagasaki Kunchi festival is held in Nagasaki, Japan.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45416398/nagasaki-kunchi/

The McCollum memo, also known as the Eight Action Memo was a memorandum, dated October 7, 1940
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51081835/the-mccollum-memo/



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KLM was founded on the 7th October 1919
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM

The Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first views ever of the far side of the Moon on 7 October 1959
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20120036/luna-3-mission/

On October 7, 1958, T. Keith Glennan, the first administrator of NASA, approved the Mercury project.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45416437/mercury-project/



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People

Major Harold C. Geiger (October 7, 1884 - May 17, 1927) was a pioneer in US military aviation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Geiger

Karen LuJean Nyberg (born October 7, 1969) is an American mechanical engineer and NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_L._Nyberg

Sir Harold (Harry) Walter Kroto, FRS (7 October 1939 - 30 April 2016) was is a British chemist 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51081823/harry-kroto/

Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 - 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33754838/niels-bohr/

Donald Edward Machholz, (born October 7, 1952) is an American amateur astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Machholz



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NGC Discovered

NGC 67 is a magnitude +14.2 elliptical galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713386/ngc-67/

NGC 69 is a magnitude +14.7 lenticular galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713352/ngc-69/

NGC 70 is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713335/ngc-70/

NGC 71 is a magnitude +13.2 lenticular galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713313/ngc-71/

NGC 72 is a magnitude +13.5 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713287/ngc-72/

NGC 74 is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy discovered by R. J. Mitchell on the 7th October 1855.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713281/ngc-74/

NGC 399 is a magnitude +13.5 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Lawrence Parsons on the 7th October 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713266/ngc-399/

NGC 402 is a magnitude +13.6 star discovered by Lawrence Parsons on the 7th October 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713254/ngc-402/

NGC 5283 is a magnitude +13.2 spiral galaxy discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 7th October 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713245/ngc-5283/

NGC 7326 is a magnitude +14.0 pair of stars discovered by Lawrence Parsons on the 7th October 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713231/ngc-7326/

NGC 7564 is a magnitude +14.3 star discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on the 7th October 1885. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713219/ngc-7564/

NGC 7577 is a magnitude +15.7 face-on spiral galaxy discovered by Guillaume Bigourdan on the 7th October 1885. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713210/ngc-7577/

NGC 7772 is a magnitude +12.0 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 7th October 1825. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58713193/ngc-7772/



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Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacted the Earth on the 7th October 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3

Draconid meteor shower maximum. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13774564/draconid-meteor-shower/



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Meteorites

The Menow (H4) meteorite fell in Brandenburg, Germany, on the 7th October 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45416731/menow-meteorite/

The Almahata Sitta (Ureilite) meteorite fell in Nahr an Nil, Sudan, on the 7th October 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21306405/8ta9d69/



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