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Observed
1993
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observed in all 50 states for 1st time
1976
1,774 kg (largest observed) stony meteorite falls in Jilin, China
1964
Underground America Day is 1st observed
1956
Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted
1950
Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London
1948
A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
1947
Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
1946
Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed
1945
International Women's Day is 1st observed
1933
112 foot ocean wave observed near Manila
1921
National Hospital Day 1st observed
1916
Native American Day is 1st observed
1908
1st Mother's Day observed
1901
Memorial Day 1st observed in U.S.
1899
Black Americans observed day of fasting to protest lynchings
1868
Memorial Day 1st observed when 2 women in Columbus Mississippi placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves
1864
Spectrum of a comet observed for 1st time, by Giovanni Donati
1845
1st nationally observed uniform election day in US
1724
1st Easter observed
1631
1st predicted transit of Venus (Kepler) is observed
1572
Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
1181
Supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers
1006
Supernova observed by Chinese and Egyptians in constellation Lupus
834
1st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
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