* Astronomy

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RE: February 25th

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The 2012 Venus Jupiter Mercury conjunction occurred on February 25, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Venus_Jupiter_Mercury_conjunction

Image of the Great Red Spot as seen from Voyager 1 on February 25, 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Red_Spot_From_Voyager_1.jpg

The Plum Blossom Festival is held on February 25, coinciding with the monthly market.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitano_Tenman-g%C5%AB

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The solar compass was patented on February 25, 1836
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_compass

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On 25 February 2006, a scientific excursion organized by the Saudi Geological Survey began to explore the Empty Quarter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%27_al_Khali#Expeditions

USS Ranger (CV-4) was launched on February 25, 1933
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)

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Mariner 6 was launched on February 25, 1969
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mariner-6/

Soyuz 32 to the Salyut 6 space station was launched on the 25th February 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_32

UniBRITE-1, along with TUGSAT-1, were launched on the 25th February 2013.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniBRITE-1

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The Calaveras Skull was found by miners on February 25, 1866
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calaveras_Skull

Ida Noddack (25 February 1896 - 29 October 1978), née Ida Tacke, was a German chemist and physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Noddack

Lev Andreevich Artsimovich (February 25, 1909 (NS) - March 1, 1973) was a Soviet physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Artsimovich

Patrick Michel (born February 25, 1970, in Saint-Tropez, France) is a French planetary scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Michel

Maria Margarethe Kirch (born Winckelmann) (25 February 1670, Leipzig - 29 December 1720, Berlin) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Margarethe_Kirch

Pietro Paolo Giovanni Ernesto Baracchi (25 February 1851 - 23 July 1926) was an Italian-born astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Baracchi

Royal Harwood Frost (25 February 1879-11 May 1950) was an astronomical assistant at the Harvard College Observatory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Harwood_Frost

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NGC 3763 was discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56833466/ngc-3763/

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Meteorites

The Marion (L6) meteorite fell in Iowa, USA, on the 25th February, 1847.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47984838/marion-meteorite/

The Djermaia (H) meteorite fell in Chari-Baguirmi, Chad, on the 25th February, 1961.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47984842/djermaia-meteorite/