Time Capsule: August 18th, 8/18/2006, 12:30 am

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Time Capsule: August 18th

Date:

Friday August 18, 2006 Time:

12:30 am - 12:30 am

Repeats:

This event repeats every year.

Description:

On this day in1686, Cassini reported seeing a satellite orbiting Venus. 1817, Gloucester, Mass, newspapers told of a wild sea serpent seen offshore. 1834, Mt. Vesuvius erupted. 1868, Pierre Janssan discovered helium in the solar spectrum during an eclipse. 1961, Construction on the Berlin Wall was completed. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1587: Virginia Dare became the first American to be born of English parents. In 1685: Brook , England, mathematician, discoverer of 's Theorem. In 1778: Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, first to circum

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