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Observes
1978
U.N. observes "international day of solidarity with Palestinian people," boycotted by U.S. and about 20 other countries
1836
Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse
1778
David Rittenhouse observes a total solar eclipse in Philadelphia
1758
Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula and begins catalog
1753
French King Louis XV observes transit of Mercury at Mendon Castle
1715
Edmund Halley observes total eclipse phenomenon "Baily's Beads"
1715
John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
1690
John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1661
Johannes Hevelius observes 3rd transit of Mercury ever to be seen
1631
Pierre Gassendi observes transit of Mercury predicted by Kepler
1613
Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
1541
Hernan de Soto observes 1st recorded flood in America (Mississippi R)
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