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1988 Spanish General strike to protest austerity measures

1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley

1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape

1942 Los Angeles Times urges security measures against Japanese-Americans

1941 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia

1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria

1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented

1920 F Pease's interferometer measures 1st stellar diameter (Betelgeuse)

1875 International Bureau of Weights and Measures forms by treaty

1873 American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money

1839 Thomas Henderson measures 1st stellar parallax (Alpha Centauri)

1832 Gerrit Moll measures noise of guns

1799 Congress standardizes U.S. weights and measures



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