* Astronomy

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RE: January 6th

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The Night of the Big Wind was a severe European windstorm on the night of January 6 - January 7, 1839
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Big_Wind

The first atomic clock was an ammonia maser device built in 1949
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock

Star Gazers' Stone is the site of a temporary Pennsylvanian observatory established in January 1764
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Gazers%27_Stone#The_observatory

The Vale of York Viking Hoard was discovered in 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_York_Hoard

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Kosmos-1237 was launched by a R-7 carrier rocket from Plesetsk cosmodrome on the 6th January 1981.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1981-001A

The Coriolis Earth observation satellite was launched on January 6, 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_(satellite)

A first light image by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer was released on January 6, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer

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Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 - 2 August 1799) and his brother invented the Montgolfière balloon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Michel_and_Jacques_%C3%89tienne_Montgolfier#Early_years

Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov (January 6, 1933 - May 28, 2003) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Grigoryevich_Makarov

David Saint-Jacques (born January 6, 1970 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Saint-Jacques

Guy Spence Gardner (born January 6, 1948) is a United States Air Force officer and a former astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Gardner_(astronaut)

Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Perrin

Colin Michael Foale, CBE, PhD (born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foale

Liisi Oterma (6 January 1915 - 4 April 2001) was a Finnish astronomer, the first woman to get a Ph.D. degree in astronomy in Finland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liisi_Oterma

Joseph Petzval (January 6, 1807 - September 19, 1891) was a mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Petzval#Optics

Sherlock Holmes (6 January 1887 - ?) is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Heinrich Schliemann (January 6, 1822 - December 26, 1890) was a German businessman and amateur archaeologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann

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NGC 764 was discovered by Ormond Stone on the 6th January 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159554/ngc-764/

NGC 936 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159568/ngc-936/

NGC 941 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159577/ngc-941/

NGC 955 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159585/ngc-955/

NGC 1507 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159597/ngc-1507/

NGC 2142 was discovered by John Herschel on the 6th January 1831.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159609/ngc-2142/

NGC 2286 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159618/ngc-2286/

NGC 2974 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159627/ngc-2974/

NGC 2695 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159638/ngc-2695/

NGC 2708 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th January 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56159649/ngc-2708/

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V838 Monocerotis: On January 6, 2002, an unknown star was seen to brighten up in Monoceros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Monocerotis#Outburst

On this night in 1613, Galileo drew a 'black dot' next to Jupiter.
We now know that the "star" he recorded was the planet Neptune.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_Neptune#Earlier_observations

HD 156668 b was discovered on January 6, 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_156668_b

Comet C/1779 A1 (Bode) was discovered by Johann Bode on January 6, 1779
http://www.pbase.com/henkbril/image/92131036/original

Comet 81P/Wild was discovered on January 6, 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81P/Wild

The Jimmy Carter UFO Incident occurred at Leary, Georgia, in 1969.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident

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Meteorites

The La Criolla (L6) meteorite fell in Entre Rios, Argentina, on the 6th January, 1985.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33250760/la-criolla-meteorite/