On this day in history.

[J. A.]

February 10, 1929 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer, is born. He composed scores for films such as Alien, Air Force One, Star Trek (5 films), Total Recall, ...

 

[scifan57]

February 10, 1996; the IBM computer "Deep Blue" becomes the first machine to defeat a reigning world chess champion, when it beat Garry Kasparov in the first game of a six game match. Kasparov went on to win the match 4-2.

 

[Richard Brown]

February 11, 2012 Whitney Houston died, aged 48.

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[J. A.]

February 11, 1997 – Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope

 

[scifan57]

February 11, 1942; in what became known as the Channel Dash, the German battleships Gneisenau and Sharnhorst, along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen escaped from the French port of Brest and made it to a German port under the noses of the British.

 

[J. A.]

February 12, 1961 – Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus

 

[scifan57]

Here's a photo of the spacecraft.


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venera_1_spacecraft.jpg

 

[J. A.]

Here's a photo of the spacecraft.

<img src="http://www.ipadforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=35617"/>http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Venera_1_spacecraft.jpg

Thank you. Looks weird...

 

[MIKES3]

​Abraham Lincoln's birth on February 12, 1809

 

[J. A.]

February 13, 2012: The European launcher Vega has successfully completed its first flight into space

 

[Iriana]

February 13, 1633 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun

 

[zstairlessone]

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.

 

[scifan57]

February 14, around 278 A.D.; Valentine, a holy priest in Rome at the time of the Emperor Claudius II, was executed.

 

[J. A.]

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.

 

[Iriana]

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.

Thanks for the tidbit. I didn't know that.