* Astronomy

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RE: December 8th

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"First light" of Mount Wilson 60-inch (1.5 m) telescope was on December 8, 1908.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wilson_Observatory

James Clerk Maxwell presented his paper A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field in 1864
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dynamical_Theory_of_the_Electromagnetic_Field

Roentgenium is a synthetic radioactive chemical element was first observed in 1994
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45999381/roentgenium/

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed in 1987
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty

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The first international commercial launch from the Taiyuan Launching Centre was on December 8, 1997
http://www.china.org.cn/english/SPORT-c/77178.htm

The A-002 vehicle was launched on December 8, 1964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-002

December 8, 1994: Launch of Canadian Space Agency Rocket-2 (CSAR-2) to study microgravity
http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/50canadaspace-milestones.asp

On December 8, 2010, IKAROS passed by Venus
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32188203/ikaros-mission/

The Yamal 402 communications satellite was launched, at 13:13 UT, 8th December, 2012.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t24904913/yamal-402-satellite/

On December 8, 2010, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Dragon

On 8 December, 1992, Pioneer 10 was deflected from its course
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/460095.stm

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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (born December 8, 1927) is a former Soviet cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Shatalov

Peter Andreas Hansen (December 8, 1795 - March 28, 1874) was a Danish astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Andreas_Hansen

Alphonse Louis Nicolas Borrelly (December 8, 1842 - February 28, 1926) was a French astronomer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Borrelly

Edward John White (8 December 1831 - 2 August 1913) was an English -born meteorologist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_John_White

Margaret J. Geller (born 1947) is an American astrophysicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Geller

Stanford Earl Woosley (born December 8, 1944) is a physicist,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_E._Woosley

Jacques Salomon Hadamard (December 8, 1865 - October 17, 1963) was a French mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Salomon_Hadamard

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BCE - 27 November 8 BCE) was a Roman lyric poet
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46632555/quintus-horatius-flaccus-65-bce-8-bce/

Georges Méliès (8 December 1861 - 21 January 1938) was a French filmmaker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s

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Beethoven Symphony no. 7 premièred in Vienna on December 8, 1813
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46632541/beethoven-symphony-no-7/

Termites from Mars is the 44th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Termites_from_Mars

Star Trek: "The Deadly Years" was first broadcast December 8, 1967.

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Star Trek: "The Conscience of the King" was aired on December 8, 1966.

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NGC 995 was discovered by Édouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 8th December 1871.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55841632/ngc-995/

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V Cassiopeiae was discovered on 8 December 1893.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t36062493/v-cassiopeiae/

Asteroid 5 Astraea was discovered on December 8, 1845
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Astraea

The Great Comet of 1947, Comet 1947n, was first seen on December 8, 1947
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55838534/the-great-comet-of-1947/

The detonating meteor of December 8, 1930
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55838444/meteor-of-december-8-1930/

On December 8, 1980, a meteorite fell on the territory of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55838494/husa-el-abr-meteor/

On 8th December, 2010, a meteor lit up the skies from Somerset to Aberdeen
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39797227/shropshire-meteor/

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Meteorites

The Dhofar 1436 meteorite was discovered on the 8th December, 2004.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51835822/dhofar-1436-meteorite/