Time Capsule: August 1st, 8/1/2006, 12:30 am

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Reminder from the Calendar of

Time Capsule: August 1st

Tuesday August 1, 2006

12:30 am

- 12:30 am

This event repeats every year.

Notes:

On this day in1774, Priestly discovered oxygen. 1785, Caroline Herschel became the first woman discoverer of a comet. 1988, Deep Rover, a one-man research submarine, was unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 10 -BC-: Claudius, 4th Roman emperor (41-54 AD).In 1744: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, believed in inheritance of acquired traits.In 1770: , Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of & Expedition. In 1818: , first American woman astronomer, on Nantucket Island.

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