* Astronomy

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RE: March 12th

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Grækarismessa, the feast day of St. Gregory, on Faroe Island is on March 12
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gr%C3%A6karismessa

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Building of the Cordouan lighthouse began in 1584
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordouan_Lighthouse

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Kosmos 60 was an E-6 series probe, launched by the Soviet Union on March 12, 1965.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_60

The Soviet Mars 6 lander arrived at Mars on 12 March 1974.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44272675/mars-6-mission/

Soyuz T-4 was launched on the 12th March 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_T-4

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Walter Marty Schirra, Jr. (March 12, 1923 - May 3, 2007) was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t11549393/walter-schirra/

John Aubrey (12 March 1626 - 7 June 1697) was an English antiquary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aubrey

John David Linsley (12 March 1925 - 25 September 2002) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linsley

Christopher Stubbs (born March 12, 1958) is an experimental physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Stubbs

Johann Caspar Horner (12 March 1774 - 3 November 1834) was a Swiss physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Caspar_Horner

John Theophilus Desaguliers (12 March 1683 29 February 1744) was a French-born British natural philosopher
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Theophilus_Desaguliers

Cristopher David Moore (born March 12, 1968) is an American computer scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristopher_Moore

Frederick Charles Leonard (March 12, 1896 - June 23, 1960) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_C._Leonard

Simon Newcomb (March 12, 1835 - July 11, 1909) was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Newcomb

Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit (March 12, 1907 - April 9, 2007) was an American senior research astronomer at Yale University.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10116962/dorrit-hoffleit/

12 March, 2003: The oldest human footprints were found in volcanic ash in Italy.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2844287.stm

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The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science-fiction film, based on the novel published in 1969
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48226023/the-andromeda-strain/

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NGC 2371 was discovered by William Herschel on the 12th March 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t16512254/ngc-2371/

NGC 2909 was discovered by John Herschel on the 12th March 1828.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56990917/ngc-2909/

NGC 3301 was discovered by William Herschel on the 12th March 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56990933/ngc-3301/

M109B (NGC 3953) was observed by Pierre Méchain on March 12, 1781
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57106529/ngc-3953/

NGC 3992 was discovered by Pierre Méchain on the 12th March 1781.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56990989/ngc-3992/

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Exoplanet HD 24040 b was discovered on the 12th March 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_24040_b

Asteroid (113) Amalthea was discovered by R. Luther on March 12, 1871.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113_Amalthea

Asteroid (362) Havnia was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 12, 1893
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/362_Havnia

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Meteorites

The Salles (L5) meteorite fell in Rhone-Alpes, France, on the 12th March, 1798.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48226028/salles-meteorite/

The Kuleschovka (L6) meteorite fell in Sumy, Ukraine, on the 12th March, 1811.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48226040/kuleschovka-meteorite/

The Bjurböle (L/LL4) meteorite fell in Uusimaa, Finland, on the 12th March, 1899.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5279042/bjurble-meteorite-fall/

The Lowicz (Mesosiderite) meteorite fell in Skierniewice, Poland, on the 12th March, 1935.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48226057/lowicz-meteorite/

The Silao (H5) meteorite fell in Guanajuato, Mexico, on the 12th March, 1995.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48226033/silao-meteorite/