* Astronomy

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RE: December 24th

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Yule or Yuletide ("Yule-time") is a winter festival that was initially celebrated as a pagan religious festival
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46918191/yule/

Nochebuena, ("Good Night"), is a Spanish word referring to the night of Christmas Eve.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46918187/nochebuena/

Modraniht was an event held at what is now Christmas Eve by the Anglo-Saxon Pagans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%8Ddraniht

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The 'Northern Cross' asterism in the constellation Cygnus, with the Milkyway, appears 'upright' in the western evening sky for mid-northern latitudes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cross_(asterism)

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NASA's Deep Space Network was formed on December 24, 1963
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-370

The NORAD Tracks Santa program began on December 24, 1955
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD_Tracks_Santa

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The first launch of Ariane 1 was on 24 December 1979
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46918222/ariane-1-rocket/

CAT-1 was the first artificial Earth satellite launched by ESA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAT-1

PAS-22, previously known as AsiaSat 3 and then HGS-1, was launched on 24 December 1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAS-22

The Meridian 1 satellite was launched on 24 December 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_1

December 24, 1996: "Bion 11" Biological research satellite carried two macaque monkeys,Lalik and Multik
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bion_11

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Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka (born 24 December 1969) is a Russian cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Skripochka

William Hayward Pickering (24 December 1910 - 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46918200/william-hayward-pickering-1910-2004/

Hendrik Wade Bode (December 24, 1905 - June 21, 1982) was an American engineer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik_Wade_Bode

James Prescott Joule (24 December 1818 - 11 October 1889) was an English physicist and brewer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46918195/james-prescott-joule-1818-1889/

Anders Johan Lexell (24 December 1740 - 11 December [O.S. 30 November] 1784) was a Finnish-Swedish astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Johan_Lexell

Jean-Louis Pons (24 December 1761 - 14 October 1831) was a French astronomer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Louis_Pons

Nicholas Meyer (born December 24, 1945) is an American screenwriter
http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Nicholas_Meyer

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The Rendlesham Forest Incident occurred in late December 1980
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident

"Silent Night" was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Night

Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name in the London Evening News on 24 December 1925
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#/media/File:WP_Evening_News.jpg

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NGC 1963 was discovered by John Herschel on the 24th December 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56025687/ngc-1963/

NGC 2224 was discovered by William Herschel on the 24th December 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56025820/ngc-2224/

Michael Maestlin catalogued the Pleiades cluster on 24 December 1579.
http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/content/39/2/146

X-ray emission from NGC 4151 was apparently first detected on December 24, 1970
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13012706/ngc-4151/

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The Earthrise photograph was taken from lunar orbit on December 24, 1968
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise

Omicron Sagittarii was occulted by Mercury on 24 December 1937
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omicron_Sagittarii