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Carl Sagan Day

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Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 - December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science populariser, and science communicator in space and natural sciences.
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Happy Carl Sagan Day, everybody

It would have been the Carl Sagan's 76th birthday on Tuesday, and his army of nerdish fans around the world have dedicated a day to his memory. It's today, for some reason, so go and celebrate.
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Happy Carl Sagan Day!
Today marks the first-ever Carl Sagan Day and celebrates the 75th anniversary of the astronomer's birth, a day on which the space geeks of our little planet will pay homage to the man who's helped us better understand what the rest of the universe is all about.

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Broward College Presents "Carl Sagan Day: A Celebration of Science"
Renowned astronomer the late Carl Sagan, who died in December 1996, was probably most familiar to the public through his COSMOS series on PBS. He was also a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a professor of astronomy and space science and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. Sagan served as an adviser and consultant to NASA, and played a major role in the establishment of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence). To celebrate his legacy on the 75th anniversary of his birth a unique, all-day event will take place on Sat., Nov. 7, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Broward College A. Hugh Adams Central Campus, 3501 SW Davie Rd. in Davie.

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