* Astronomy

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RE: February 12th

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The Herbs is a 1968 television series for young children made for the BBC by Graham Clutterbuck's FilmFair company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Herbs

The 1908 New York to Paris Race was an automobile competition on February 12, 1908
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1908_New_York_to_Paris_Race

Baikonur Cosmodrome: On February 12, 1955, the first military construction units arrived at Tyura-Tam
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3058973/baikonur-lease/

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The Garuda 1 satellite was launched on February 12, 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACeS#Garuda_1_satellite

The Intelsat 16 satellite was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on the 12th February, 2010.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t33766082/intelsat-16-satellite/

Launch of Sputnik 8, at 00:34:36 UTC on 12 February 1961
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35968672/venera-1-spacecraft/

Anniversary of the Mars 5 spacecraft reaching Mars on 12 February 1974
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_5

The NEAR SHOEMAKER spacecraft landed on asteroid Eros on the 12th February 2001
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3153115/near-433-eros/

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Ivan Nikolayevich Anikeyev (February 12, 1933 - August 8, 1992) was a Soviet cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Anikeyev

Julian Seymour Schwinger (February 12, 1918 - July 16, 1994) was an American theoretical physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Schwinger

Pierre Louis Dulong (12 February 1785 - 19 July 1838) was a French physicist and chemist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Dulong

Daniello Bartoli (12 February 1608 - 13 January 1685) was an Italian Jesuit writer and historiographer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniello_Bartoli

Fang Lizhi (February 12, 1936 - April 6, 2012) was a Chinese astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang_Lizhi

George Cary Comstock (February 12, 1855 - May 11, 1934) was an American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Comstock_(astronomer)

Lincoln LaPaz (1897 - 1985) was a pioneer in the study of meteors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_LaPaz

Akbar Adibi (1939-2000) was an Iranian electronic engineer, VLSI researcher, and university engineering professor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Adibi

Darwin Day commemorates the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8830785/charles-darwin/

Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 - February 5, 1963) was a palaeontologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_Brown

Marcel Gilles Jozef Minnaert (12 February 1893-26 October 1970) was a Belgian astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Minnaert

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NGC 2409 was discovered by John Herschel on the 12th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56689795/ngc-2409/

NGC 2617 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 12th February 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56689778/ngc-2617/

NGC 2924 was discovered by John Herschel on the 12th February 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56689773/ngc-2924/

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On February 12, 2006 an outburst of RS Ophiuchi occurred
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5826023/nova-rs-ophiuchi/

Asteroid 303 Josephina was discovered by Elia Millosevich on February 12, 1891
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/303_Josephina

The large Anthelion meteor radiant is currently located in Leo, 3° southeast of Regulus.

Title: The Detonating Fireball of 1956 February 12
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56693707/fireball-of-1956-february-12/

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Meteorites

The Homestead (L5) meteorite fell in Iowa, USA, on the 12th February, 1875.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47784597/homestead-meteorite/

The Skane-Tranas (?) meteorite fell in Jonkopings, Sweden, on the 12th February, 1922.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56691120/skane-tranas-meteorite/

The Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite fell in 1947 on the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in eastern Siberia.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3207699/sihote-alinn-1610-meteorite/