Archive for May 28th, 2012 On June 5th-6th the planet Venus will
pass across the face of the sun. This will be just the seventh
occasion on which this rare spectacle has been observed. The
first person to witness such an event was a young astronomer
called Jeremiah Horrocks, living in an obscure British hamlet,
who correctly forecast that it would occur on December 4, 1639
(November 24, 1639 under the Julian calendar then in use in
England). … after this year's event, the next transit of Venus
occures December 11, 2117. & today in history: Memorial Day is a
U.S. federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May.
Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates those who died
while in military service. First enacted by formerly enslaved
African-Americans to honor Union soldiers of the Civil War – it
was extended after World War I to honor all Americans who made
the greatest sacrifice, regardless of conflict. Newfound details
of the immune system suggest a role for never-before-considered
drug classes in the