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APRIL KEY DATES
The fourth month of the year derives its name from Aprilis, the month of
opening according to the Romans. To the Dutch this month is Grasmaand, the
Grass month. To some American Indians its the Grass moon month, and if you are
Welsh it is Ebrill. What ever it is called, to those who live in the Northern
Hemisphere its the first full month of Spring!!
April 1 First weather satellite, Tiros 1 is launched
1960.
Good Friday
2 First photograph taken of the Sun. 1845
3 First airplane flight over Mt. Everest.1933
Easter Sunday, a date determined by the moon.
Its the first Sunday after the first full moon
after the vernal equinox.
Daylights savings time begins in most states.
Moon last quarter
4 Largest group of sunspots on record. 1947
5 Pioneer 11 is launched. 1972
6 Greeks record a total eclipse of the Sun.
648 BC.
7 Compton Gamma Ray observatory is deployed.
1991
8 Vice President Johnson denies the the U.S.
is trying to reach the Moon at the expense of
other national programs.1963
9 NASA selects first seven astronauts.1959
10 200 inch mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
CA. 1936
11 Launch of Apollo 13. 1970
Moon at apogee
Full Earth, but you have to be on the Moon
to view it!
12 Gagarin becomes the first human to orbit.
1961
First launch of the Space Shuttle. 1981
13 Best view of HalleyUs comet in 2000 years
837 AD
14 Christian Huygens, astronomer and brewmaster
born on this date in 1629. An interesting
combination of skills.
15 Titanic sinks 2:27a.m. 1912
A good night to go out and look for meteors.
16 Wilbur Wright born. 1867
Astronomy Day! For more information contact:
Gary Tomlinson, Chaffee Planetarium,
54 Jefferson S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49503
17 Jerry Mock becomes the first woman to fly
solo around the world. 1964
18 San Francisco Earthquake.1906
Asteroid Juno at opposition
To see the 3rd asteroid to be discovered
point your scope or binoculars to 13hr45mn
and+ 0 45.9 and observe for several nights.
Juno will be a 10 mag. dot that moved!
19 Nemesis, the death star of the Dinosaurs
first appears in print, Nature magazine
1984
Sun enters Aries astronomically speaking.
Moon at first quarter
20 Apollo 16 land on the Moon. 1972
Sun enters Taurus astrologically speaking
21 First passenger airservice begins.
BOAC,London to Rome,1952
22 First Earth Day is celebrated. 1970
Lyrid Meteor Shower begins, too bad the
Moon is near Full, this is one of the better
showers of the year.
23 "Gus" Grissom born. 1926
24 First Earth crossing asteroid is discovered.
1932. We now know of almost 200 objects
whose orbit crosses ours!
25 Hubble Space Telescope is deployed.1990
Full Moon
Moon at perigee, watch out for the highest
tides of the year if you live near an ocean.
26 Chernobyl disaster occurs. 1986
Moon just 3 deg from Jupiter tonight
27 First nonstop ocean to ocean flight occurs.
Panama,1913
28 Newton publishes "Principia" 1686
Considered one of the most important book
of science ever published!
29 Construction of the Spirit of St. Louis
completed. 1927
30 Brightest supernova in recorded history
is seen in the constellation Lupus. 1006
Jupiter at opposition
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