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On July 7, 1959 at 14:30 hours, Venus Occulted Regulus. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43768451/july-7-1959-venus-occulted-regulus/



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Tanabata (meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bxJB-OHKek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabata

According to the Fasti Antiates Maiores, there was a festival for "the two Pales" (Palibus duobus) on July 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pales

The Caprotinia, or feasts of Juno Caprotina, were ancient Roman festivals which were celebrated on July 7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprotinia



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The foundation stone of the Copenhagen Rundetarn was laid on 7 July 1637.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rundet%C3%A5rn

On July 7, 2008 an ALMA transporter moved an antenna for the first time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Large_Millimeter_Array

Little Feller II nuclear test was undertaken on July 7, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43768417/little-feller-ii-nuclear-test/



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July 7, 1930, Rudolf Nebel and Hermann Oberth jointly achieved controlled burn with their cone nozzle for a rocket. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t60496076/nebel-rocket/

Discoverer 26 (Corona 9019), was an American optical reconnaissance satellite which was launched in 1961.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoverer_26

Progress 2 was an unmanned Progress cargo spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union in 1978
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_2

Phobos 1 was launched on July 7, 1988
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobos_1

The Mars rover Opportunity was launched on the 7th July 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvpCtfMRNw
http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/all/opportunity.html

The DirecTV-10 satellite was launched by International Launch Services on July 7, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirecTV-10

The second ECOMA mission was launched at 21:30 UTC on 7 July 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suborbital_spaceflight_in_2008#ECOMA_2008-2

The ProtoStar I satellite was launched aboard an Ariane 5 ECA rocket on July 7, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProtoStar#ProtoStar_I



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Kevin Anthony Ford (born July 7, 1960) is a retired United States Air Force Colonel and a NASA astronaut. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_A._Ford

Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_A._Heinlein

Giuseppe Piazzi (July 16, 1746 - July 22, 1826) was an Italian Catholic priest of the Theatine order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Piazzi

Johann Rudolf Wolf (7 July 1816 - 6 December 1893) was a Swiss astronomer and mathematician.
http://www.hao.ucar.edu/education/bios/wolf.php

Sir Charles Todd (7 July 1826 - 29 January 1910) worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Todd_(astronomer)

Yuji Hyakutake (July 7, 1950 April 10, 2002) was a Japanese amateur astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Hyakutake



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Moving images were first seen in India on 7 July 1896 in Bombay
http://www.oxfordreference.com/page/film

King Arthur is a 2004 film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpkiPkZdunM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Arthur_(film)

Tomorrow's World first aired on 7 July 1965
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSTMraoURco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow's_World



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NGC 134 was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on the 7th July 1826.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14179814/ngc-134/

NGC 6109 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan on the 7th July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002452/ngc-6109/

NGC 6112 was discovered by French astronomer Edouard Stephan using on the 7th July 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002446/ngc-6112/

NGC 6381 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 7th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002441/ngc-6381/

NGC 6390 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 7th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002436/ngc-6390/

NGC 6393 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 7th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002428/ngc-6393/

NGC 6394 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 7th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002425/ngc-6394/

NGC 6396 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002417/ngc-6396/

NGC 6398 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1836.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002409/ngc-6398/

NGC 6399 was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on the 7th July 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002407/ngc-6399/

NGC 6845 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002936/ngc-6845/

NGC 6868 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002405/ngc-6868/

NGC 6870 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002401/ngc-6870/

NGC 6893 was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on the 7th July 1834.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58002397/ngc-6893/



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Plutonian moon Styx was discovered on July 7, 2012
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto#Kerberos_and_Styx

Stephen P. Synnott and Bradford A. Smith announced the discovery of Neptunian moon Proteus on July 7, 1989
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteus_(moon)#Discovery_and_orbit

Asteroid (92) Undina was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on July 7, 1867
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/92_Undina

Asteroid (537) Pauly was discovered by Auguste Charlois on the 7th July 1904
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/537_Pauly

16P/Brooks, also known as Brooks 2, is a periodic comet discovered by William Robert Brooks on July 7, 1889
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16P/Brooks

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 had apparently passed extremely close to Jupiter on July 7, 1992
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy_9#Jupiter-orbiting_comet

Meteors seen by day east of Collie on July 7, 1929
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54277143/collie-meteors-1929/



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Meteorites

The Ankober (H4 Chondrite) meteorite fell in Shewa, Ethiopia, on the 7th July, 1942.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43769030/ankober-meteorite/



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