* Astronomy

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RE: June 26th

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On 26 June 1886, a French chemist Ferdinand Frederick Henri Moissan reported the isolation of elemental fluorine.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8000513/fluorine/

Pied Piper of Hamelin: On June 26, 1284, 130 children were lost at the place of execution near the koppen.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper#Fifteenth-century_Lueneburg_manuscript

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The Strangford megalithic stone was erected on 26 June 1999
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54180453/strangford-megalithic-stone/

The Glashütte Observatory opened on 26 June, 1910.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glash%C3%BCtte_Observatory

On June 26, 1909 the London Science Museum, as an independent entity, came into existence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Museum_%28London%29

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The Focke-Wulf Fw 61, often considered the first practical functional helicopter, was first flown in 1936.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Fw_61

On June 26, 2003, NASA's Helios Prototype aerial vehicle broke up and fell into the Pacific Ocean
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43587474/helios-prototype/

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The Vanguard SLV 2 was launched on the 26th June 1958
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Vanguard

On 26 June 1973, 9 people were killed by an explosion of Cosmos-3M rocket, ready for launch at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos-3M#Accidents

The OrbView-3 satellite was launched in 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbview#OrbView-3

Arabsat 5A and COMS 1 satellite were launched in 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36327272/arabsat-5a-satellite/

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William Arthur Pailes (Colonel, USAF) (born June 26, 1952) is a former USAF astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_A._Pailes

Bernard Anthony Harris, Jr. (born June 26, 1956 in Temple, Texas) is a former NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_A._Harris,_Jr.

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev (June 26, 1925 - January 10, 1970), was a Soviet fighter pilot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Belyayev

Wilhelm Emil Messerschmitt (June 26, 1898 - September 15, 1978) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Messerschmitt

Georg Brandt (26 June 1694 - 29 April 1768) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist who discovered cobalt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Brandt

Stewart Ainsworth (born 26 June 1951) is a British archaeological investigator, who is regularly seen on Time Team
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Ainsworth

William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (26 June 1824 - 17 December 1907) was a mathematical physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

Robert Coleman Richardson (June 26, 1937 - February 19, 2013) was an American experimental physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Coleman_Richardson

Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 - March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman_Spitzer

David Morrison is director of the Carl Sagan Centre for Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Morrison_(astrophysicist)

Frank Scott Hogg (June 26, 1904 - January 1, 1951) pioneered in the study of spectrophotometry of stars and of spectra of comets.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Scott_Hogg

John Wall (26 June 1932 - 27 January 2018) was an English amateur astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wall_(inventor)

Charles Messier (26 June 1730 - 12 April 1817) was a French astronomer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36729930/charles-messier/

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NGC 2276 was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke on the 26th June 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57922973/ngc-2276/

NGC 5959 was discovered by American astronomer Ormond Stone on the 26th June 1886.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57922965/ngc-5959/

NGC 6916 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 26th June 1887.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57922956/ngc-6916/

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Exoplanet HAT-P-9b was discovered by the transit method on June 26, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAT-P-9b

Franz von Gruithuisen, on 26 June 1819, reported seeing "two small spots...on the Sun, round, black and unequal in size"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_(hypothetical_planet)#The_search_for_Vulcan

Mars was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on 26 June 2001
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2001/24/image/a/

The discovery of Surtur a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surtur_(moon)

The discovery of Jarnsaxa 1 a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarnsaxa_(moon)

The discovery of Greip a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greip_(moon)

The discovery of Loge a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loge_(moon)

The discovery of S/2006 S 1 a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2006_S_1

The discovery of S/2006 S 3 a natural satellite of Saturn, was announced on June 26, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2006_S_3

A telescopic comet was discovered by Dr. Peters on the 26th June 1846
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54156154/peters-comet/

Pi-Cetids meteor shower peak in constellation Cetus
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t28919881/pi-cetids-meteor-shower/

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Meteorites

The Dolgovoli (Stone L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Volyn, Ukraine, on the 26th June, 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43587501/dolgovoli-meteorite/

The Lua (Stone L5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 26th June, 1926. A large stone (8632g) fell at Lua.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43587510/lua-meteorite/

The Hotse (Stone L6 chondrite) meteorite fell in Shandong, China, on the 26th June, 1956.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43587526/hotse-meteorite/