The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On this annual day of commemoration, the UN urges every member state to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism and to develop educational programs to help prevent future genocides. […]
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Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM FRS (/ˈrʌsəl/; 18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate. At various points in his life, Russell considered himself a liberal, a socialistand a pacifist, although he also confessed that his sceptical nature had led him to feel that he had "never […] |
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A celebration in honor of Br. Guy's newest book, a Jesuit's Guide to the Stars |
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James Renn, a member of the Vatican Observatory Foundation's Council of Advisors will be giving this talk at the Holland Center in Scottsdale, AZ, Tue., Feb. 4, at 6 pm |
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Saint Valentine was a widely recognized 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Christianity on February 14. From the High Middle Ages his Saints’ Day is associated with a tradition of courtly love. – Wikipedia |
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On February 15 2013 an asteroid exploded in the sky over the city of Chelyabinsk, in the the southern Ural region of Russia. The shock wave blew out windows all over the city, injuring over 1600 people, and damaged several buildings. |
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The planet Venus is a Perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on this date. |
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The Moon is at Last Quarter (or Third Quarter) – rising around midnight, and visible to the south after sunrise. |
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