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MayWorld Migratory Bird Day
The Second Weekends of May and October are events observed twice each year as World Migratory Bird Day to focus world attention on the need to protect migratory bird populations, their habitats, and their international flyways. Through exchanges of … Continue reading →
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AprEarth Day
April 22, Earth Day, is celebrated around the world as tens of millions of people make time to attend their environment. Thousands of governments – from local to regional to state, provincial or federal – plan awareness campaigns and activities … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Caroline Herschel
First Comet Recorder
On March 16, 1750, astronomer Caroline Lucretia Herschel was born in Germany. She had a bad health childhood that included smallpox and Typhus that left her with a slightly scarred face and shorter than a parking meter. Her parents kept … Continue reading
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Tagged Caroline Herschel, Caroline Lucretia Herschel, comet discoveries, March 16, On This Day, The Roberta Bondar Foundation
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