* Astronomy

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RE: May 24th

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The Ashmolean Museum opened on 24 May 1683
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashmolean_Museum

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium was officially opened on 24 May 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Brisbane_Planetarium

Hybrid Solar Eclipse of 24 May 1789: The eclipse was visible from the southern Pacific ocean
http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/0241789/

HMS Bounty was anchored off Tubuai (350 miles south of Tahiti) on 24 May 1789
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Bounty/bountychronology.html

HMS Hood sank on the 24th May 1941
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Hood_(51)#Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait

Airship Italia reached the North Pole on 24 May 1928.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship_Italia

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The Midas 2 Satellite (1st Experimental Infrared Surveillance Satellite) was launched in 1960
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1960-006A

S-45A was an American satellite, which was lost in a launch failure in 1961.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-45A

The P35-1 satellite was launched on May 24, 1962 (failed to reach orbit}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program

Mercury-Atlas 7 was launched May 24, 1962.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36062647/mercury-atlas-7-mission/

Soyuz 18 was launched on the 24th May 1962
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_18

Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) was launched on 24 May 2014
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t50981806/alos-2-satellite/

On May 24, 1626, Peter Minuit was credited with purchasing the island of Manhattan from the natives
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Minuit#Purchase_of_Manhattan

Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia on 24 May 1930
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Johnson#Aviation_career

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Maksim Viktorovich Surayev (born May 24, 1972) is a Russian cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim_Surayev

Ronald Anthony Parise Ph.D. (May 24, 1951 - May 9, 2008) was an Italian American scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_A._Parise

Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (24 May 1686 - 16 September 1736) was a physicist, engineer, and glass blower
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Fahrenheit

William Gilbert (24 May 1544 - 30 November 1603) was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gilbert_(astronomer)

William Whewell (24 May 1794 - 6 March 1866) was an English polymath
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whewell

Rudolf Kippenhahn (born 24 May 1926) is a German astrophysicist and science author.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53813703/rudolf-kippenhahn/

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The first Eurovision Song contest was held in the town of Lugano, Switzerland, on 24 May 1956.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53661167/eurovision-song-contest/

The METI message, named Cosmic Call 1, was sent to the 16 Cygni system on May 24, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16_Cygni#Planetary_system

On 24 May 1844, Samuel Morse sent the message "WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraphy#Morse_telegraph

Quatermass 2 (US title: Enemy From Space) is a 1957 British science fiction horror film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatermass_2

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NGC 2243 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 24th May 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52989275/ngc-2243/

NGC 6316 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 24th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57649929/ngc-6316/

NGC 6355 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on the 24th May 1784.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57649920/ngc-6355/

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MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb was found when it caused a gravitational microlensing event on May 24, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb

The Neptune moon, Larissa, was first observed on May 24, 1981.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larissa_(moon)

Asteroid (131) Vala was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on May 24, 1873, and named after Völva, a Norse prophetess
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/131_Vala

1967-05-24: Lunar Orbiter 4 image of the western limb of the Moon's northern hemisphere.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/hires/lo4_m183.gif

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Meteorites

The Otomi (H) meteorite fell in Tohoku, Japan, on the 24th May, 1867.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49287569/otomi-meteorite/

The Assisi (H5) meteorite fell in Umbria, Italy, on the 24th May, 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49287579/assisi-meteorite/

The Cross Roads (H5) meteorite fell in North Carolina, USA, on the 24th May, 1892.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49287591/cross-roads-meteorite/

The Kisvarsány (L6) meteorite fell in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Hungary, on the 24th May, 1914.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49287612/kisvarsny-meteorite/

The Banten (CM2) meteorite fell in Jawa Barat, Indonesia, on the 24th May, 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49287622/banten-meteorite/

The Ridgecrest meteorite was found by Lee E. Humiston on May 24, 1958
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54913657/ridgecrest-meteorite/