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Cosmic Call was the name of two interstellar radio messages that were sent in 1999 and 2003 to various nearby stars. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_Call

Morse code SOS (ˇ ˇ ˇ - - - ˇ ˇ ˇ) became effective on July 1, 1908
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36826250/sos/

Madeira Day celebrated in Madeira on 1 July
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira_Day



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In Australasia, International Tartan Day is held on July 1, the anniversary of the repeal of the 1747 Act. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48608113/tartan-day/

The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1-3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681374/the-battle-of-gettysburg/

Battle of the Somme: Zero hour was officially set at 7:30 am for 1 July 1916.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme

The Hawthorn Ridge mine was the northern-most of the ten mines dug by the Royal Engineer tunnelling companies. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681618/hawthorn-ridge-mine-crater/

Nuclear weapon test Able was detonated on 1 July 1946.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads

The Golden Gate strait was named on 1 July 1846 by explorer John C. Frémont 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate

On July 1, 1798, Napoleon landed in Egypt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_campaign_in_Egypt_and_Syria

The First Battle of El Alamein (1 - 27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_El_Alamein

The Special Air Service was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War, formed in July 1941
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681553/special-air-service/

The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty was signed in 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_non-proliferation_treaty

The Warsaw Pact was officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague on July 1, 1991
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact#History

Kennedy Space Centre was formed on 1 July 1962
https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/

On July 1, 1917, the 100 inch (2.5 m) Hooker telescope mirror made the long awaited trip to Mount Wilson. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13048311/mount-wilson-observatory/

SPIE is an international professional society for optics and photonics technology, founded in 1955. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIE

The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory was commissioned in 1961.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vRSjySzYz0

The Anglo-Australian Observatory changed its name to the Australian Astronomical Observatory on 1 July 2010
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Astronomical_Observatory



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Explorer 33 (also known as AIMP-D or IMP-D) was launched by NASA on July 1, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_33

Prognoz 9 was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 1, 1983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognoz_9

STS-94 Space Shuttle Columbia was launched on 1 July 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-94

Terrestar-1 was launched on 1 July 2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerreStar-1

The IRNSS-1A Satellite was launched on the 1st July 2014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRNSS-1A



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Kalpana Chawla (July 1, 1962 - February 1, 2003) was the first Indian-American astronaut 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla

Edward Tsang "Ed" Lu (born July 1, 1963) is an American physicist and a former NASA astronaut 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Lu

Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 - 2 August 1936) was a French aviator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Bl%C3%A9riot

Michael Antony "Mick" Aston (1 July 1946 - 24 June 2013) was an English archaeologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Aston

Ab Al al-asan ibn al-asan ibn al-Haytham (965 in Basra - c. 1040 in Cairo) was a Muslim, Persian or Arab scientist
http://58381.activeboard.com/t18097480/al-hayatham/

Matthew J. Holman (born 1967) is a Smithsonian Astrophysicist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_J._Holman

Franz-Joseph Müller Freiherr von Reichenstein(1 July 1740 or 4 October 1742 - 12 October 1825 or 1826) was an Austrian mineralogist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz-Joseph_M%C3%BCller_von_Reichenstein

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1 July 1742 - 24 February 1799) was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Christoph_Lichtenberg 



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A website entitled The Monkey Shakespeare Simulator was launched on July 1, 2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem#Random_document_generation

Armageddon was released on July 1, 1998
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon_(1998_film)

The science fiction film Contact had its premiere on July 1, 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(film)#Box_office



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NGC 5189 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 1st July 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7247466/ngc5189-ngc6164-5/

NGC 5516 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63469743/ngc-5516/

NGC 5670 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 1st July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960516/ngc-5670/

NGC 6105 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 1st July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960512/ngc-6105/

NGC 6107 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 1st July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960502/ngc-6107/

NGC 6200 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 1st July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960495/ngc-6200/

NGC 6602 was discovered by French astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan on the 1st July 1886. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960490/ngc-6602/

NGC 6909 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 1st July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960486/ngc-6909/

NGC 6918 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 1st July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57960480/ngc-6918/



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On July 1, 2003, a planet was found orbiting the star HD 70642
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_70642

S/2004 N 1 is a small moon of Neptune, was discovered on 1 July 2013 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S/2004_N_1

Asteroid (6) Hebe was discovered by Karl Henckein on the 1st July 1847
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t17506819/asteroid-6-hebe/

Asteroid (238) Hypatia was discovered by Russian astronomer Viktor Knorre on July 1, 1884
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/238_Hypatia

Lexell's Comet passed closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history on 1st July, 1770. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexell%27s_Comet

The great comet of 1264 (C/1264 N1) was one of the brightest comets on record. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1264

The Great Comet of 1819 (also C/1819 N1, Comet Tralles) was an discovered July 1, 1819 by Johann Georg Tralles in Berlin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Comet_of_1819

[1927 meteor] "A most peculiar incident is reported from the Muttaburra district." 
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/54613131

The Wild Horse (Stone H5 chondrite) meteorite was recovered in July 1979 by a farmer tilling a farm field
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681508/wild-horse-meteorite/



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Meteorites

The Simmern (H5 chondrite) meteorite fell in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, on the 1st July 1920.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681779/simmern-meteorite/

The Cherokee Springs (LL6 chondrite) meteorite fell in South Carolina, USA, on the 1st July 1933.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43681758/cherokee-springs-meteorite/



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