* Astronomy

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RE: May 19th

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On May 19, 1953, the United States government detonated a 32-kiloton atomic bomb (nicknamed "Harry")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upshot-Knothole_Harry

The Apple III personal computer was first announced and released on May 19, 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III

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COMU Ulupinar Observatory was established in 2001 and formally opened on 19 May 2002
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%87OM%C3%9C_Ulup%C4%B1nar_Observatory

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On May 19 and 20, 1961, Venera 1 passed within 100,000 km of Venus and entered a heliocentric orbit.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35968672/venera-1-spacecraft/

On May 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the Mars 2 unmanned lander and orbiter.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35968776/mars-2-mission/

The Inflatable Antenna Experiment (IAE) was a NASA experiment that began on May 19, 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_Antenna_Experiment

Space Shuttle mission STS-77 was launched on the 19h May 1996
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-77

Control of the Galaxy IV satellite was lost on May 19, 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_IV

Space Shuttle mission STS-101 was launched on the 19h May 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-101

TacSat-3 was launched on the 19h May 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12354832/tacsat-3-satellite/

The Franklin expedition set sail from Greenhithe, England, on the morning of 19 May 1845
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t19952806/franklin-expedition/

Jacques Cartier set sail for a second voyage on May 19, 1535
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier#Second_voyage.2C_1535.E2.80.931536

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Pierre Joseph Thuot (born May 19, 1955) is a retired United States Navy Captain and NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Joseph_Thuot

Jean-Pierre Haigneré (born 19 May 1948) is a French Air Force officer and a former CNES astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Haignere

Francis Richard "Dick" Scobee (May 19, 1939 - January 28, 1986) was an American astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Scobee

James Alan Abrahamson is a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as a designated astronaut,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alan_Abrahamson

Halla (May 16, 1945 - May 19, 1979) was a horse ridden by Hans Günter Winkler.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halla_(horse)

John Fillmore Hayford (May 19, 1868 - March 10, 1925) was an eminent United States geodesist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fillmore_Hayford

Abraham Pais (May 19, 1918 - July 28, 2000) was a Dutch-born American physicist and science historian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Pais

Heinz Oberhummer (19 May 1941 - 24 November 2015) was an Austrian physicist and skeptic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Oberhummer

Brendan Kevin Patrick Scaife (born 19 May 1928), is an Irish academic engineer and physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Scaife

Father Francesco de Vico (May 19, 1805 - November 15, 1848) was an Italian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_de_Vico

Mei Juecheng, Wade-Giles Mei Chüeh-ch'eng (May 19, 1681 - November 20, 1763) was a Chinese astronomer.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/373243/Mei-Juecheng

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"Happy Birthday, Mr. President" is a song sung by Marilyn Monroe on Saturday, May 19, 1962
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219553/marilyn-monroe/

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NGC 3959 was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th May 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57605604/ngc-3959/

NGC 3967 was discovered by German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 19th May 1881.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57605645/ngc-3967/

NGC 4351 was discovered by German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on the 19th May 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57602875/ngc-4351/

NGC 5523 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 19th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t62974339/ngc-5523/

NGC 5610 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 19th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57602870/ngc-5610/

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The discovery of WASP-13b was reported by the European Southern Observatory on May 19, 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-13b

Asteroid (14) Irene was discovered by John Russell Hind on May 19, 1851.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_Irene

Asteroid (138) Tolosa was discovered by French astronomer Henri Joseph Perrotin on May 19, 1874
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/138_Tolosa

Asteroid (220) Stephania was discovered by Johann Palisa on May 19, 1881 in Vienna.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/220_Stephania

Asteroid (367) Amicitia was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/367_Amicitia

Asteroid (368) Haidea was discovered by Auguste Charlois on May 19, 1893 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/368_Haidea

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Meteorites

The Pavlograd (L6) meteorite fell in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, on the 19th May, 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219529/pavlograd-meteorite/

The Kakowa (L6) meteorite fell in Caras-Severin, Romania, on the 19th May, 1858.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219536/kakowa-meteorite/

The Meuselbach (L6) meteorite fell in Thuringen, Germany, on the 19th May, 1897.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49219538/meuselbach-meteorite/