* Astronomy

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October 10th

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People

Rex Joseph Walheim (born October 10, 1962) is a NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_J._Walheim

Franco Egidio Malerba (born October 10, 1946) is an Italian astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco_Malerba

Zhai Zhigang (October 10, 1966) is a CNSA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhai_Zhigang

Henry Cavendish (10 October 1731 - 24 February 1810) was a British natural philosopher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cavendish

Lester Halbert Germer (October 10, 1896 - October 3, 1971) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Germer

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On October 10, 2011 the Montreal Planetarium gave its final show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Planetarium

'Look Around You' is a 2002 British television comedy series first released on the 10th October
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Around_You

City of Ember is a 2008 science fiction fantasy film based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Jeanne DuPrau.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Ember

The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_El_Asnam_earthquake

The Great Hurricane of 1780 is probably the deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780

The Flood Rock Explosion occurred on 10 October 1885 in New York City
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55208861/mill-rock/

The Windscale fire of 10 October 1957 was the worst nuclear accident in Great Britain's history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscale_fire

The Limited Test Ban Treaty went into effect on October 10, 1963.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty

The Outer Space Treaty entered into force on 10 October 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

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NGC Discovered

NGC 32 was recorded by German astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, on October 10, 1861
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58736456/ngc-32/

NGC 228 was discovered on October 10, 1879 by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55208138/ngc-228/

NGC 229 was discovered on October 10, 1879 by French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55208118/ngc-229/

NGC 591 was discovered on October 10, 1866 by astronomer Truman Henry Safford.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55208072/ngc-591/

NGC 7046 was discovered on October 10, 1790 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55207918/ngc-7046/

NGC 7081 was discovered on October 10, 1790 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55207850/ngc-7081/

The planetary nebula NGC 7094 was discovered on October 10, 1884
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55207777/ngc-7094/

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William Lassell discovered Neptune's Moon Triton in 1846
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triton_%28moon%29

Asteroid (106) Dione was discovered by J. C. Watson on October 10, 1868, and named after Dione, a Titaness in Greek mythology who was sometimes said to have been the mother of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/106_Dione

Asteroid (139) Juewa was the first asteroid discovered from China by the visiting American astronomer James Craig Watson on 10 October 1874
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/139_Juewa

Asteroid (450) Brigitta was discovered by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann on October 10, 1899 in Heidelberg.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/450_Brigitta

Asteroid (3753) Cruithne was discovered on October 10, 1986
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

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Meteorites

The Zhovtnevyi (H6) meteorite fell in Donetsk, Ukraine, on the 10th October 1938.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45462881/zhovtnevyi-meteorite/