This day in history (courtesy BBC)

marc robinson pilgrim at atlas.co.uk
Thu Jun 3 10:23:24 CDT 1999


THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1769 The first observation of the transit of Venus across the face of
the Sun,
made from Tahiti by British Captain James Cook of the "HMS Endeavour"

rgds, marc




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