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RE: January 7th

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Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149491/distaff-day/

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The Polaris missile was first launched on January 7, 1960
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43992677/polaris-missile/

The last contact with the Surveyor 1 spacecraft was on the 7 January 1967
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_1

Surveyor 7 was launched on 7 January 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor_7

Sakigake was launched on 7 January 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakigake

Lunar Prospector was launched on 7 January 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Prospector

The first flight of the Athena II rocket was on 7 January 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athena_II

Guy Lambton Menzies flew the first solo trans-Tasman flight on 7 January 1931.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Menzies

First hydrogen gas balloon flight over the English Channel on 7 January 1785.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Blanchard

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Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov (born 7 January 1935 - 19 February 2014) was a Soviet cosmonaut
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52160737/valeri-kubasov/

Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (January 7, 1951) is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talgat_Musabayev

Frederick Drew Gregory (born January 7, 1941) (Colonel, USAF, Ret.) is a former NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_D._Gregory

Sir Wilmot Hudson Fysh (7 January 1895 - 6 April 1974) was an Australian aviator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Fysh

Stephen Groombridge (7 January 1755, Goudhurst - 30 March 1832, Blackheath) was a British astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Groombridge

Luis Enrique Erro (January 7, 1897 - January 18, 1955) was a Mexican astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Enrique_Erro

Francesco Carlini (January 7, 1783 - August 29, 1862) was an Italian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Carlini

Adrian Lewis Melott (born 7 January 1947) is an American physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Melott

Félix Edouard Justin Emile Borel (7 January 1871 - 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Borel

Stephen Richard Bourne (Steve) (born 7 January 1944) is a computer scientist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52160784/stephen-richard-bourne/

Johann Philipp Reis (January 7, 1834 - January 14, 1874) was a self-taught German scientist and inventor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Philipp_Reis

Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52160746/sandford-fleming-1827-1915/

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The Commodore 64 computer was introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

CQD, transmitted in Morse code as - · - · - - · - - · · is one of the first distress signals adopted for radio use.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CQD

On January 7, 1929, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century A.D., the first science fiction comic strip, debuted.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52160595/buck-rogers-in-the-25th-century-ad/

On 7 January 1839, Daguerre announced the first practical photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography#Monochrome_process

The Avengers is a 1960s British television series in the Spy-Fi genre set in cold war Britain.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149485/the-avengers/

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NGC 2362 in the constellation Canis Major transits at 00:20 UT, 7 January (for the UK)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_2362
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20316712/ngc-2362/

NGC 2448 was discovered by John Herschel on the 7th January 1831.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56168953/ngc-2448/

January 07, 1987: Astronomers report seeing seeing galaxy's birth for first time
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/07/us/astronomers-report-seeing-galaxy-s-birth-for-first-time.html

Supernova 2012A was discovered in the galaxy NGC 3239 in the constellation Leo on the 7 January
http://www.aavso.org/aavso-special-notice-264

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Galileo Galilei discovered the Jupiter moons Callisto, Europa and Io on the 7th January, 1610
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14080040/galileo-galilei/

The Encke Gap, a gap in Saturn's rings, was observed by James Edward Keeler on 7 January 1888.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Keeler#Research

On January 7, 2013, astronomers from the Kepler team announced the discovery of Kepler-69c
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-69c

HIP 79431 b is an extrasolar planet discovered by the W. M. Keck Observatory in 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIP_79431_b

The near-Earth asteroid 2062 Aten was discovered on January 7, 1976, by Eleanor F. Helin.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50300573/asteroid-2062-aten/

Asteroid 410 Chloris was discovered by Auguste Charlois on January 7, 1896
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/410_Chloris

Asteroid 16197 Bluepeter (2000 AA243) was discovered on the morning of Tuesday January 7, 2000 by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search at the Anderson Mesa Station.
The asteroid was named in honour of British CBBC children's television programme 'Blue Peter'; the discovery was on the day that the Blue Peter time capsules from 1971 and 1984 were unearthed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16197_Bluepeter

The Great Comet of 1760 (C/1760 A1) was first seen on 7 January 1760
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56164533/the-great-comet-of-1760/

Title: MADRAS OBSERVATORY AND THE DISCOVERY OF C/1831 A1 (THE GREAT COMET OF 1831)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53482274/great-comet-of-1831/

Meteor of January 7, 1877
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56170930/meteor-of-january-7-1877/

The January 7, 2015, superbolide over Romania
https://arxiv.org/abs/1702.03968

The Mantell UFO incident on 7 January 1948
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149469/mantell-ufo-incident/

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Meteorites

The Mirzapur (L5) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 7th January, 1910.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149477/mirzapur-meteorite/

The Guidder (LL5) meteorite fell in Nord, Cameroon, on the 7th January, 1949.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149480/guidder-meteorite/

The Tsukuba (H5-6) meteorite fell in Kanto, Japan, on the 7th January, 1996.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47149482/tsukuba-meteorite/