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2001 Total solar eclipse in Madagascar-Atl Ocean (4m56s)

1999 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)

1998 Total solar eclipse in Venezuela-Pacific Ocean (4m09)

1995 Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s)

1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)

1992 Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)

1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii

1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87

1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic

1989 Partial eclipse of the Sun in Hawaii, North West North America, Greenland

1979 Last total eclipse of Sun in 20th century for continental US

1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse

1953 Bonnie Tyler, singer, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1953 John Shirley, U.S., sci-fi author, Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona

1951 Bonnie Tyler, [Gaynor Hopkins], rocker, Total Eclipse of the Heart

1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island

1900 Solar eclipse occurs

1870 Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse

1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse

1857 Frederick Laggenheim takes 1st photo of a solar eclipse

1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph

1836 Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse

1778 David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia

1774 Francis Baily, describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse

1715 Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"

1662 Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation

1638 Lunar eclipse is 1st astronomical event recorded in U.S.

1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians

585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse


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