* Astronomy

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RE: December 15th

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The Consuales Ludi is a festival instituted by Romulus, which honours Consus, the god of counsel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consualia

The Breviary of Aberdeen celebrates the feast of Saint Drostan on 15 December.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drostan

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On 15 December 1989, KLM Flight 867 flew through a thick cloud of volcanic ash from Mount Redoubt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Flight_867

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San Marco 1, the first Italian satellite, was launched on 15 December 1964
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Marco_1

Gemini 6A was launched in 1965
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39927943/gemini-6a-mission/

Venera 7 successfully landed on Venus on 15 December 1970
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venera_7

The Vega 1 Soviet space probe was launched on 15 December 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_1

A Soyuz rocket with the crew of Expedition 26 launched on the 15th December, 2010
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39739274/expedition-26/?page=3&sort=newestFirst

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János Bolyai (December 15, 1802 - January 27, 1860) was a Hungarian mathematician
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Bolyai

Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins(15 December 1916 - 5 October 2004) was a New Zealand-born English physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Wilkins

Freeman John Dyson FRS (born December 15, 1923) is a British-born American theoretical physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756976/freeman-john-dyson/

Antoine Henri Becquerel (15 December 1852 - 25 August 1908) was a French physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756991/antoine-henri-becquerel-1852-1908/

Charles Augustus Young (December 15, 1834 - January 4, 1908) was a solar spectroscopist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46757000/charles-augustus-young-1834-1908/

Roy A. Tucker (born 1951 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_A._Tucker

Johann Gottfried Koehler (15 December 1745 - 19 September 1801) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Koehler

Alice Vibert Douglas (December 15, 1894 - 2 July 1988) was a Canadian astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Vibert_Douglas

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Jens Olsen's World Clock was started on 15 December 1955
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Olsen%27s_World_Clock

The film Gone with the Wind premiered at the Loew's Grand Theatre on December 15, 1939.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51919276/gone-with-the-wind/

Star Trek: "Balance of Terror" was first aired on December 15, 1966.

Star Trek: "Obsession" was broadcast on December 15, 1967.

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NGC 1338 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 15th December 1884.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55924378/ngc-1338/

NGC 1691 was discovered by Edouard Stephan on the 15th December 1876.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55924416/ngc-1691/

NGC 1847 was discovered by John Herschel on the 15th December 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55924519/ngc-1847/

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In 1612 German astronomer Simon Marius measured the diameter of the Andromeda nebula
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47198011/simon-marius-1573-1624/

The first X-ray flare detected from a brown dwarf, LP 944-020, was on December 15, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LP_944-020

Audouin Dollfus observed the moon Janus on December 15, 1966
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon)

Asteroid 23 Thalia was discovered by J. R. Hind on December 15, 1852
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_Thalia

Comet Herschel (C/1791 X1) was discover by Caroline Herschel on 15th December, 1791
http://arxiv.org/abs/1212.0809

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Meteorites

The Vishnupur (LL4-6) meteorite fell in West Bengal, India, on the 15th December, 1906.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756843/vishnupur-meteorite/

The Sete Lagoas (H4) meteorite fell in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on the 15th December, 1908.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756860/sete-lagoas-meteorite/

The Ramnagar (L6) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 15th December, 1940.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756883/ramnagar-meteorite/

The Nuevo Mercurio (H5) meteorite fell in Zacatecas, Mexico, on the 15th December, 1978.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46756894/nuevo-mercurio-meteorite/