From: sharon@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Sharon Curtis)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Extension to 1993 calendar
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:17:28 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory, UK
Originator: sharon@flint.comlab

Here are some additions to the calendar for 1993 that I posted up here a few
days ago, notably some historical information. To save bandwidth, I didn't
post the whole calendar, just the additions. You can cut the file out and
stick it on the end of the original calendar. To use the unix calendar 
program with the file, consult your local manual pages.

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Jan. 1 4713BC  Julian dates are the interval of time passed since this day
Jan. 1 1801    Piazzi discovers the first minor planet Ceres, at Palermo
Jan. 24 1986   Voyager 2 reached Uranus, passing at a distance of 107,000 km
Jan. 30 1868   A meteorite shower occurred in the Pultusk area of Poland, when approximately 100,000 fragments fell
Feb. 5  1971   Apollo 14 landed 3 astronauts (Shepard, Mitchell, Roosa) on the moon, on Fra Mauro
Mar. 5 1979    Voyager 1 has closest encounter with Jupiter at 350,000 km
Apr. 17 1912   The most recent occurrence of a total solar eclipse as seen by the inhabitants of Paris
Apr. 21 1972   Apollo 16 landed 3 astronauts (Young, Duke, Mattingly) on the moon, in the Cayley-Descartes highland region
Jun. 19 1976   Viking 1 reached orbit around Mars
Jul. 9 1979    Voyager has closest encounter with Jupiter at 71,400 km
Jul. 20 1969   Apollo 11 landed 3 astronauts (Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins) on the moon, in the Mare Tranquillatis
Jul. 20 1976   Viking 1 landed on Chryse Planitia, Mars
Jul. 25 1978   Viking 2 orbiter ceases operation
Jul. 29 1958   N.A.S.A. came into existence
Jul. 30 1971   Apollo 15 landed 3 astronauts (Scott, Irwin, Worden) on the moon, at Hadley Rille
Aug. 7 1976    Viking 2 reached orbit around Mars
Aug. 7 1980    Viking 1 orbiter ceases operation
Aug. 11 1999   Next total solar eclipse visible from the British Isles, visible from the tip of Cornwall
Aug. 20 1975   Viking 2 was launched
Aug. 20 1977   Voyager 2 was launched
Aug. 24 1989   Voyager 2 reached Neptune, passing within 48,000 km
Aug. 25 1981   Voyager 2 has closest approach to Saturn, at 101,000 km
Aug. 30 1974   The first Dutch national satellite, the Astronomische Nederlands Satelliet was launched, carrying experiments in ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy.
Sep. 3 1976    Viking 2 landed on Utopia Planitia, Mars
Sep. 5 1977    Voyager 1 was launched
Sep. 9 1975    Viking 1 was launched
Sep. 14 1752   The Gregorian calendar came into use by non-Catholic countries
Sep. 23 1846   J.G. Galle discovered Neptune, following predictions made by John Couch Adams and Urbain J. J. Leverrier
Sep. 23 2090   The next total solar eclipse visible by the inhabitants of Paris
Sep. 24 1888   The lunar eclipse was darker than usual because of dust let into the earth's atmosphere by the eruption of Krakatoa
Sep. 27 1992   Comet Swift-Tuttle was found as it approached the sun
Oct. 15 1974   Ariel 5 was launched. it made many important X-ray observations
Oct. 15 1582   The Gregorian calendar come into use by Catholic countries
Nov. 12 1980   Voyager 1 has closest encounter with Saturn at 124,000 km
Nov. 12 1986   Most recent solar transit of Mercury
Nov. 13 1978   An X-ray astronomy satellite, Einstein's Observatory, was launched by the U.S.A.
Nov. 14 1999   Next solar transit of Mercury
Nov. 19 1969   Apollo 12 landed 3 astronauts (Conrad, Bean, Gordon) on the moon, in the Oceanus Procellarum
Nov. 27 1872   A most astonishing meteor display occured. This was connected with Biela's comet
Dec. 11 1972   Apollo 17 landed 3 astronauts (Cernan, Schmitt, Evans) on the moon, in the Taurus-Littrow region
Xref: sparky sci.astro:13771 sci.space:19035 sci.physics:22326