* Astronomy

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RE: January 14th

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Makara Sankranti is one of the most auspicious occasions for the Hindus
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56254989/makara-sankranti/

Makara Jyothi is a star which is worshipped by pilgrims in huge numbers at Sabarimala Temple in Kerala on Makara Sankranti on 14 January every year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makara_Jyothi

The Old New Year is an informal traditional Slavic Orthodox holiday, celebrated as the start of the New Year by the Julian calendar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_New_Year

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The Robertson Panel was a scientific committee which met in January 1953.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson_Panel

The 1907 Kingston earthquake shook the capital of the island of Jamaica on Monday January 14th
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47288922/1907-kingston-earthquake/

The 1968 Belice earthquake sequence took place in Sicily between 14 and 15 January.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Belice_earthquake

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Soyuz 4 was launched on January 14, 1969
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t24146851/soyuz-4/

Kosmos 391 was launched on January 14, 1971
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_391

Koreasat 2, also known as Mugunghwa 2, was launched on the 14th January 1996
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1996-003A

The MESSENGER spacecraft made its first Mercury flyby on the 14th January, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy_Mercury#MESSENGER

Anniversary of the Stardust-NEXT, Earth flyby in 2009.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/main/index.html

On 14 January, 2005, ESA's Huygens probe made an historic first ever descent to the surface of Titan
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t12959676/huygens-landing-site/

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Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and a NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_Lucid

Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (14 January 1851 - 3 May 1923) was a German astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Hartwig

Francis Gladheim Pease (January 14, 1881 - February 7, 1938) was an American astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_G._Pease

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The Bionic Woman premiered on ABC in January 1976,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bionic_Woman

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NGC 107 was discovered by Otto Wilhelm von Struve on the 14th January 1866.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253057/ngc-107/

NGC 2798 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1788.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253076/ngc-2798/

NGC 3600 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1788.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253096/ngc-3600/

NGC 4143 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1788.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60105679/ngc-4143/

NGC 4183 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1788.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50922277/ngc-4183/

NGC 4571 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253144/ngc-4571/

NGC 4595 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253176/ngc-4595/

NGC 4634 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1787.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56253205/ngc-4634/

NGC 4866 was first observed by William Herschel on January 14, 1787
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4866

NGC 5353 was discovered by William Herschel on the 14th January 1788.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63521832/ngc-5353/

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Observations of Biela's Comet on 14 January 1846 showed it had split apart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biela%27s_Comet#Disintegration

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Meteorites

The Suwahib meteoric stone was found on January 14, 1931
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56252499/suwahib-meteorite/

On the 14th of January, 616 B.C., a meteorite destroyed a wall-attacking tower and killed ten men.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56254061/the-ad-616-meteorite/