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    27 Jan - National Geographic Society Founded

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    Post by Kitkat Mon 27 Jan 2020, 12:22

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    National Geographic Society Founded

    27 Jan - National Geographic Society Founded 1915NatGeog
    Cover of January 1915 National Geographic

    The National Geographic Society is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world.  It was founded in 1888 by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists and, by the turn of the 21st century, boasted approximately nine million members.  It has supported more than 7,000 major scientific projects and expeditions, including those of the Leakey family, Jacques Cousteau, and Jane Goodall.
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    1983 - The first shaft of the world's longest tunnel is completed
    The Seikan Tunnel, 53.85 km (33.46 mi) in length, connects the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido.

    1967 - 3 astronauts die in a cabin fire while preparing for the Apollo 1 mission
    The accident was a blow to NASA's Apollo manned lunar landing program.

    1967 - U.S., U.K. and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty
    The treaty bans the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space and limits the use of the Moon to peaceful purposes.

    1945 - Soviet forces liberate Auschwitz
    The German Nazi regime murdered over 1.1 million people in the extermination camps near Oświęcim, Poland.

    1944 - Soviet forces liberate Leningrad
    Die Siege of Leningrad had lasted 872 days and left over 1 million people dead.


    alien  Historic Trivia pick

    The first apparent record of counting dates from 30,000 years ago. A leg-bone of a wolf was found in Czechoslovakia containing fifty-five cuts, arranged in groups of five. It is not known what the cuts represented.
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