Time Capsule: August 8th, 8/8/2012, 12:30 am

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Time Capsule: August 8th

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Wednesday August 8, 2012

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12:30 am

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On this day in1579, the cornerstone was laid for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory. 1609, the Venetian senate examined Galileo Galilei's telescope. 1709, the first known ascent in hot-air balloon by Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) took place.1876, Edison patented the mimeograph. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1857: Henry Osborn, Connecticut, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research).1901: Dr. Ernest O. Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939). In 1902: A.M. Dirac, England, theoretical physicist (Nobel 1933).

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