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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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