February 13, 1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
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February 13, 1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
In 2000 the pope, John Paul II apologized formally for many things. The one that stands out to me is the apology to Galileo, 370 years too late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iriana
February 14, around 278 A.D.; Valentine, a holy priest in Rome at the time of the Emperor Claudius II, was executed.
Febrary 14, 1990: The spacecraft Voyager 1 takes a picture from a distance of approximately 6.4 billion kilometres, so far the largest distance a photo from earth was made.
Thanks for the tidbit. I didn't know that.Quote:
Originally Posted by zstairlessone
1630 - Dutch fleet of 69 ships reaches Pernambuco Brazil.
February 15, 1988: American theoretical physicist Richard P. Feynman dies
February 16, 1959: John McEnroe, US- american tennis player, is born
February the sixteenth: This Day In History.
What follows is a list of some of the major events that happened this day in history (February the sixteenth). Credit goes to history.com.
1778: John Adams prepares to sail to France.
1848: Chopin plays his final Paris concert.
1878: Silver dollars are made legal.
1923: English archaeologist Howard Carter enters the sealed burial chamber of the Egyptian pharaoh, King Tutankhamen (Tut).
1944: Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford is born.
1997: Jeff Gordon becomes the youngest Daytona winner ever.
2013: This post is typed.
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