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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) 1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79 1992 Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s) 1991 University of Manchester scientist announce finding a planet outside of solar system 1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii 1990 Space probe Voyager 1 takes photograph of entire solar system 1985 International Cometary Explorer measures solar wind ahead of Halley 1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered 1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle 1983 Pioneer 10 is 1st man-made object to leave Solar System 1981 1st solar-powered aircraft, Solar Challenger, crosses English Channel 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 1980 Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight 1980 U.S. launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares 1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1978 Gov Askew dedicates RCUC solar office building 1976 US-German Helios B solar probe launched into solar orbit 1973 Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse 1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched 1969 Orbiting Solar Observatory 5 launched into earth orbit 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1967 U.S. launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit 1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit 1966 Jason Patric, born in New York City, actor, Lost Boys, Solar Babies 1965 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit 1965 Zond 3 launched to fly by Moon, enters solar orbit 1965 Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km) 1962 Launch of OSO 1, 1st astronomy satellite (solar flare data) 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus 1960 John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years 1959 1st U.S. probe to enter solar orbit, Pioneer 4, launched 1959 U.S.S.R. launches Mechta (Luna 1) for 1st lunar fly-by, 1st solar orbit 1956 1st solar powered radios go on sale 1956 Richard Eden, actor, Brick-Santa Barbara, Solar Crisis, Robocop 1955 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery 1946 Largest solar prominence, 300,000 mi/500,000 km, observed 1925 Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar 1925 Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island 1900 Solar eclipse occurs 1882 Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer, Solar physics 1871 Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum 1870 Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse 1868 Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1859 R C Carrington and R Hodgson make 1st observation of solar flare 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 1662 Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation 1578 Tycho Brahe 1st sketches "Tychonic system" of solar system 1079 Iran adopts solar Hijrah calendar 585 War between Lydia and Media ended by solar eclipse

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