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In Great Britain Midsummer was celebrated on Midsummer Eve (St. John's Eve, June 23) and St. Peter's Eve (June 28).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsummer#United_Kingdom

Golowan is the Cornish language word for the Midsummer celebrations in Cornwall, UK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golowan_Festival

The evening of 23 June, St John's Eve
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Eve



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A poisonous cloud from Laki volcano reached Great Britain on 23 June, 1783
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laki#Consequences_in_Europe

The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake struck Vancouver Island, on Sunday, June 23, 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946_Vancouver_Island_earthquake

The Battle of Bannockburn was fought on 23 and 24 June, 1314.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43532801/the-battle-of-bannockburn-1314/

The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company on 23 June 1757. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey

The Antarctic Treaty was signed in December 1, 1959 and came in force on the 23rd June 1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Treaty

The lowest temperature ever recorded at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was -82.8°C on June 23, 1982
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole#Climate_and_day_and_night



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On June 23, 1905 the Wright Brothers first flew their third powered aircraft, the Flyer III.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer_III

NOAA-7, designated NOAA-C before launch, was an American weather satellite launched in June 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA-7

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Orbit Insertion in 2009
http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/



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Donn F. Eisele (June 23, 1930 - December 2, 1987) was an USAF test pilot and later a NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn_Fulton_Eisele

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov was a Chief Designer of the Soviet Design Bureau OKB-276 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Dmitriyevich_Kuznetsov

Alan Mathison Turing (23 June 1912 - 7 June 1954), was a British mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

André Tacquet (23 June 1612 Antwerp - 22 December 1660) was a Flemish mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Tacquet

Professor Sir Nicholas John Shackleton (23 June 1937 - 24 January 2006) was an English geologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Shackleton

Dr Helen Geake is one of the key members of the long-running archaeology series Time Team
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Geake

Maggie Philbin (born 23 June 1955) is an English radio and television presenter 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Philbin

Jaume Nomen Torres (born June 23, 1960) is a prolific discoverer of asteroids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaume_Nomen



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Logan's Run is a 1976 science fiction film based on the novel of the same name
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49721613/logans-run/



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NGC 6718 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 23rd June 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57896128/ngc-6718/

NGC 6719 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 23rd June 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57896120/ngc-6719/

NGC 6784 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 23rd June 1835. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57896114/ngc-6784/



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A photographic plate was taken showing bright lines of hydrogen of AT Microscopii in June 23, 1895
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Microscopii#Observational_history

On June 23, 1998, an extrasolar planet was announced in orbit around Gliese 876
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_876#Planetary_system

On 23 June 2010, astronomers announced they measured a superstorm in the atmosphere of HD 209458 b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_209458_b#Spectral_observation

A Pluto occultation occurred on June 23, 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43486239/pluto-occultation-june-2011/



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Meteorites

The Chervony Kut (stone; eucrite achondrite) meteorite fell in Sumy, Ukraine, on the 23rd June 1939.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43532560/chervony-kut-meteorite/

The Fort Flatters (stone) meteorite fell in Illizi, Algeria, on the 23rd June, 1944.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43532587/fort-flatters-meteorite/

Meteorites fell on the village of Kakat, Kendrapara district, India, on Thursday, 23 June 2005.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54154202/kakat-meteorites/

The Whetstone Mountains (H5) meteorite fell on Arizona, USA, on the 23rd June 2009.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40663240/whetstone-mountains-meteorite/



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