“I done wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick! I'm so mean I make medicine sick!” Muhammad Ali, born January 17, 1942
January 17, 1938: died- William Pickering. In 1919, predicted a Planet X (Pluto) based on anomalies in the positions of Uranus and Neptune.
January 17, 1997: died-Clyde Tombaugh. Discovered the dwarf planet , Pluto, in 1930.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” - Benjamin Franklin born January 17, 1706
January 17, 1786: Pierre Mechain discovers Comet 2P Encke, shortest period (3.3 years) of any known comet. fallofathousandsuns.com/come…
January 15, 1929: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta, Georgia - James Taylor - Shed a Little Light (Video) youtu.be/cBetQvXS4a4 via @YouTube
“As marvelous as the stars is the mind of the person who studies them.”
-Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929
January 14, 2005: The Huygens probe, which separated from Cassini orbiter on 12/25/04, landed on Saturn’s moon Titan near the Xanadu region. nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassi…
Louis Suarato retweeted
If Trump and his Republicans had not lied about the election results, Capitol Police Officer Sicknick and others would still be alive today.
That's the truth. And that is why we must impeach him for his lies which incited an insurrection.
January 13, 1610: Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth satellite of Jupiter. esa.int/Science_Exploration/…
January 13, 1845: b. French astronomer Felix Tisserand. "The Shadow Effect" jstor.org/stable/27858395?se…
The top astronomical events of 2021 - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.”
Jack London, born January 12, 1876
"I am HAL Nine Thousand computer Production Number 3. I became operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois on January 12, 1997." - 2001
Louis Suarato retweeted
Sorry, Jupiter. Saturn is the new moon king. pst.cr/3wPS8
January 11, 1787: William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. nasa.fandom.com/wiki/Moons_o…
David Bowie Born January 8, 1947, Brixton, London, United Kingdom. This Is Not America - youtu.be/ObO_Tv1ypAI via @YouTube











