Ashwini
Stars	Mesarthim, Sheratan, Hemal
Sign – Sign Ruler	Aries – Mars
Nakshatra Ruler	Ketu
Pada Signs	Aries/Taurus/Gemini/Cancer
God	Ashwini Kumar: Horse Twin Physicians, the odd couple
Meaning	Transport, Initiate,
Main Symbols	Horse’s Head
Secondary Symbols	Honey, Bee Hive
Secondary Deities	Ganesha
Body part	Knees, Top of feet
Sexual Animal	Male Horse
Tree	Strychnine
Place	Town
Colour	Blood Red
Direction	South

Transit Summary

Nuclear Energy: In 1998 India & Pakistan traded numerous nuclear test back and forth. This is a good example of the kind of division caused by this Saturn. Though they are one; they think they are two.  IN 1968 we have France doing their first test of the Hydrogen bomb right after the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed. In 1939, at the onset of WW II, Einstein sent a letter to Roosevelt advising on applications of fission; he had a meeting by the end of the month. In 1909/10 Rutherford published his model of the atom and Superconductivity  was discovered.

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Transport: Edison tested the first Electric train. A famous cargo ship for the railway began it’s maiden voyage from India to North America. The International Space Station was launched. In 1970, Richard Branson founded Virgin Group as a discount mail-order record retailer.

Technology: Google was released in 1998.  In 1969/70 quarks were discovered, Intel created SRAM and the first ARPANET message was sent. String Theory was the big theory, winning the Nobel prize in ’69; though scientists still can’t explain how two incompatible theories can both be 100% true; this is why we study Shaiviam. In 1939 the first public TV broadcasts went on air, by the end of the year the world (the few people who have TVs) will see their first televised baseball game; nylon and air-conditioning were just being invented. The New York World fair used the slogan “Dawn of a New Day”. The Zeppelin was invented in 1909/10 along with neon lighting and infrared photography.  The airplane was undergoing many changes to be adapted for military use, commercial air freight, to be used from a boat at sea. Just 20 years earlier, in 1880, Thomas Edison was testing the first electric railway.

Music, Art, Literature: Samuel Becket won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His most famous work, “Waiting for Godot” exemplifies the kind of pessimism that comes with this placement: just waiting for death. The Beatles’ “Hey Jude” is all about taking a bad situation and making it better. The band itself was in turmoil. John Lennon married Yoko Ono to become the odd-couple.  Anti-war protests were all the rage. The song ends with a long refrain of Na-na-na-na…. “Shakespeare in Love.” I think culture was a little higher in 1939 when the Wizard of Oz was released, ‘The Three Stooges’ did “You Nazi Spy!’”.that year; four year old Dalai Lama was also declared the Dalai Lama.  In 1909/10 the first girl guides group was formed; this was about the same time that a group of explorers went to the Antarctica.

Economy: The price of oil is mostly low, but may hit its lowest point here and then start going up. This might suggest that production hits a peak and is therefore reduced in order to help the price go back up. We know that Saturn in Aries reduces energy resources. In 1998, just when oil prices start going up the DOW Jones hits a record high. This suggests a kind of Inverse Relationship between industry and oil prices. Industrial mobilisation for the war in 1939 effectively ended years long world wide depression, but many countries will see food rationed during the war. Oil prices were slightly lower in this period than they were for five years on either side.

The European Central Bank & European Monetary Institute are founded to begin managing the European economy and the introduction of the Euro. But there is a problem with the first coins that are minted and they have to be redone,  Russia and Korea had a financial crisis. Russia is forced to devalue the Ruble.

In 1880, the first cash register was patented. In 1998, PayPal was started by Elon Musk.

Mergers: 1998 was the year of big oil mergers. 1880 Bartum & Bailey Circus’ merge. 1939: Germany & Italy make the Pact of Steel. WW II began in 1939 when Germany attacked Poland after a long period of appeasement. Pakistan was also starting to push for more independence. In the previous transit the more generally Indian Independence movement had just started to get violent.

Health: DiGeorge syndrome, STEM cells, 1969: HIV, artificial heart, viruses & viral diseases, The last execution by guillotine happened in France. Women were given the vote in Norway after a female activist ran in front of the Kings horse during a race. .

Oct. 18, 1851: “Moby Dick” first published. This has much to say about industrial whaling.
Jul. 9 1762: Catherine the Great’s reign begins.
Jun. 15, 1762: Austria issues the first paper currency. Two weeks later is the first reported counterfeit.
Feb. 8, 1587: Queen “Bloody Mary” of Scotland is executed by botched beheading in Oundle, United Kingdom following her trial. Queen Elizabeth I takes power ushering a period of liberalism and stability.
1202: Hindu-Arabic Numbering System introduced to the west.

Historical Timelines

03 June 2027 – 16 June 2028: Saturn in Ashwini

Next Transit

Jun. 3, 2027 – Aug. 9, 2027 (direct):
Aug. 9, 2027 – Oct. 20, 2027 (retrograde back to Revati):
Feb 23, 2028 – Jun. 16, 2028 (direct):

17 April 1998 – 01 May 1999: Saturn in Ashwini

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Second Liberian Civil War (Apr. 21, 1999 – Aug. 18, 2003)
East Timor Crisis (Apr. 1999 – 2002)
Second Congo War (Aug. 2, 1998 – Jul. 18, 2003)
Eritrean – Ethiopian War (May 6, 1998 – Jun. 18, 2000)
Kosovo War (Feb. 28, 1998 – June 11, 1999)
Nepalese Civil War (Feb. 13, 1996 – Nov. 21, 2006)
Yugoslav Wars (March 31, 1991 – Nov. 12, 2001)
Sierra Leonean Civil War (Mar. 23, 1991 – January. 18, 2002)
Iraqi No-fly Zones (March 1, 1991 – March 20, 2003)
Somali Civil War (1991 – …)
South Lebanon Conflict (Feb. 16, 1985 – May 25, 2000)
Sri Lanka Civil War (Jul. 23, 1983 – May 19, 2009)
Second Sudanese Civil War: (June 5, 1983 – Jan. 9, 2005)
Angolan Civil War (Nov. 11, 1975 – Apr. 4, 2002)

Apr. 17, 1998 – Aug. 15, 1998 (direct):

— India & Pakistan both test nukes — Oil prices are low and falling — Iraq Food for Oil — Rome Statute — European Central Bank & European Monetary Institute — Oil mergers — Swine Flu —

India & Pakistan conduct extensive nuclear testing.  May 11: The first Euro coins are minted but are not to specifications and will have to be melted down and re-minted. Oil prices are low and falling. (Sharp fall in prices just occurred).  May 14: Seinfeld ends after nine seasons.  May 19: Galaxy IV communication satellite fails leaving 85% of US pagers without service.  May 11-13: Indian announces it has conducted five underground nuclear tests (the first since 1974).  May 28: In response to Indian nuclear tests, Pakistan blows up a couple of their own.   June: Oil prices remain low and fall almost to 1970s level by this point.  June 1: European Central Bank & European Monetary Institute.  Jun. 19: Iraq Food for Oil program will allow Saddam Hussain to get care parts for the oil industry.  Jun. 24: OPEC agree to cut production.  July: The Rome Statute is adopted to clear the way for the International Criminal Court (ICC) which will begin functions in 2002. July 5: Japan launches a probe to Mars. Aug 11: British Petroleum merges with Aramco making it the third larges oil company in the world.  Aug: Reports of swine flu start coming out of factory farms in the USA. It’s a variant that blends, human, bird and swine flue.

Aug. 15, 1998 – Dec. 28, 1998 (retrograde):

— Oil prices remain low — Russia devalues the Ruble — PayPal — Europol — Oil Mergers — International Space Station launched — Google —

Oil prices remain low. Aug. 13: Russian stock, bind & currency markets crashed.  Aug.17: Russia devalues ruble Russian financial crisis begins.  Sept. 4: Google is founded. Oct. 1: Europol is established.   Oct. 10: Pinochet is arrested.  Nov. 20: International Space Station was first launched. Oct. 28: Japanese Nippon Oil merges with Suffering South Korean Mitsubishi Oil.  Dec.: PayPal is first established as Confinity.  Dec 2. Exxon merges with mobil Oil.  Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10: 1. Chemistry: Development of the density-functional theory and computational methods in quantum chemistry.  2. Economics: Contributions to welfare economics.  3. Literature: Jose Saramago, “who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an illusory reality”  Dec. 16: Clinton orders airstrikes on Iraq.   Dec. 19: Clinton is impeached for the Louinsky affair.

Dec. 28, 1998 – May 1, 1999 (direct):

— The Euro — Shakespeare in Love — Operation Noble Anvil — The Melissa Worm — DOW Jones reaches milestone high — oil prices rising — Nunavut — Columbine High School shooting — NATO eastward expansion —

Dec. 29: Khmer Rouge apologises for the Genocide in Cambodia before the Vietnam war.  Dec. 31: Eurozone currency rates are fixed. The Euro is established and the European Central Bank assumes full powers.   Oil prices are on their way up. Jan. 1: The Euro is established currency and the European Central Bank issues full power.   NATO air strikes on Yugoslavia mark the first time they strike a sovereign state.  Mar. 1: Ottawa Treaty to ban anti-personnel mines  comes into force.  March 1: NATO’ Eastern expansion begins with Czechoslovakia, Poland, & Hungary.  Mar. 12: Former Warsaw Pact members join Nato: Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.  Mar. 21: Shakespeare in Love wins AA for best picture.   Mar. 24: Operation Noble Anvil. NATO strikes out on its own with an attack on Yugoslavia and the Serbian people; indiscriminate and illegal bombing lasted until June 10.  Mar. 29: Dow Industrial breaks 10 000 for the first time. The Melissa Worm attacks the internet.   Apr.: NATO bombs a 12km stretch of Albanian refugees for two hours; and say oops.  Apr. 1: The territory of Nunavut is created in Canada.  Apr. 7: Yugoslavia closes the borders with Kosovo to keep Kosovo Albanians from leaving. April 20: Columbine High School shooting.  May 7: NATO bombs the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia killing 3 and injuring over 20; again, oops.

17 June 1968 – 21 March 1970: Saturn in Ashwini

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The Troubles IRA-British Guerrilla War (May 1966 – April 10, 1998)
North Yemen Civil War (Sept. 26, 1962 – Dec. 1, 1970)
First Iraq – Kurdish War (Sept. 11, 1961 – Mar. 1970)
Eritrean War of Independence (Sept. 1, 1961 – May 24, 1991)
Nicaragua Revolution (Jul. 19, 1961 – April. 25, 1990)
Angolan War of Independence (Feb. 4, 1961 – April. 25, 1974)
Guatemalan Civil War (Nov. 13, 1960 – Dec. 29, 1996)
Laotian Civil War (May 23, 1959 – Dec. 2. 1975)
Vietnam War (Nov. 1, 1955 – Apr. 30, 1975)
First Sudanese Civil War (Anyanya (Snake Venom) Rebellion: (Aug. 18, 1955 – Mar. 27, 1972)

SRAM: keeps a certain amount of storage accessible to the computer for quick access. All the basic things we expect our computer to remember in the course of the day. Where we were in the last task, shortcuts to the things we commonly use. Stores data on a flip-flop switch. It possesses the remanence of the data and had a volatile type memory.

Hydrogen bombs use both fission and fission for a bigger blast.

DiGeorge syndrome is first described: congenial birth defects like heart disease, palate defects, neuromuscular problems, learning disabilities. Slightly different facial features, recurrent infections due to problems with the mediated T-cell response related with Thymus, malfunctioning parathyroid gland, kidney abnormalities, difficulty feeding, low platelet levels, hypothyroidism, psychiatric illness like schizophrenia,

Stem Cells for Bone Marrow transplants: Stem Cells are a repair mechanism for the body. Embryonic & Adult stem cells continually renew and divide to make exact replicas of themselves.

Anti-war protests: Freedom Now!, Ballots not bombs, how many kids did you kill today?,

Jun. 17, 1968 – Aug. 7, 1968 (direct):

— Intel founded — Brain death — DiGeorge syndrome — protests against military governments — Nuclear non-proliferation treaty — Special Olympics — Bone Marrow transplant —

1968: Harvard protocol for irreversible coma also known as brain death. First bone marrow transplant. DiGeorge syndrome.  The by-stander Effect is first demonstrated. “Personality & Assessment”  by Walter Mischel is published which highlights the circumstances as perceived by the person being assessed.    Jun. 17: Malaysian Communist Party launches a second insurgency and a state of emergency is declared.  Jun. 20: Northern Irish squat in an unused flat to protest discriminatory housing allocations.  Jun. 23 – 26: Unrest in Brazil. A protest ends with 28 dead and over 1000 arrested. The next night a stampede at a football match kills 74 & injures 150 people. The “March of One Hundred Thousand” in Rio de Janeiro against the military government.  Jul. 1: Nuclear non-proliferation treaty open for signatures.  Jul. 17: Saddam Hussain becomes vice-chairman after a coup.  Jul. 18: Semi-conductor company Intel is founded.   Jul. 20: First Special Olympics are held with about 1000 people with intellectual disabilities.

Aug. 7, 1968 – Sept. 28, 1968 (retrograde back to Revati):

— “Hey Jude” — hydrogen bomb test — Anti-war protests — The Mod Squad — All India strike —

Aug.: Beatles release “Hey Jude”. Aug. 20: Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia  Aug. 24: France exploded its first hydrogen bomb in a test.  Aug. 26 – 29: Massive protests against the Vietnam War & Herbert Humphrey clashed with a. Police presence.  Sept. 19: All Indian Central Government employees went on a one day strike,  Sept. 24: The Mod Squad, One black, one white, one blond, first aired. A counter culture TV series. The hippest and first young undercover cops on TV..

Mar. 8, 1969 – Jul. 1, 1969 (direct):

— Stonewall Riots — HIV/AIDS — Jumbo jet — first temporary artificial heart — John Lennon & Yoko Ono married — End of Vietnam war — Intel releases 3101 Static random access memory (SRAM) —

747 Jumbo jet flown for the first time.  Mar. 3 – 13: Apollo 9 probe is launched and returns.  Apr. 4: Denton Cooly installs the first temporary artificial heart.  Mar. 20: John Lennon & Yoko Ono are married.  Mar. 30: Eisenhower dies after a long illness.  Apr. 28: De Gaulle steps down as president after a referendum defeat.  May 4: Indian president dies of a heart attack.  May 10: Battle for Hamburger Hill.  May 15: A teenager dies from a baffling condition that is later identified as HIV/AIDS.  May 18: Apollo 10 is to be a full rehearsal of the moon landing.  May 25: Military coup brings Gaffer Nimeiry to power for the next 16 years. Leftist Arab politics, he nationalised much land and sought peace with the south. One of the first things he did was declare a border between north and south, and offered amnesty to opposition fighter.  Jun. 8: After meeting with South Vietnamese President, Nixon announces the withdrawal of 25 000 troops.  Jun. 8: Franco closes the border between Gibraltar and Spain due to their Sovereignty referendum.  Jun. 9: Border between North & South is declared.  Jun. 9: New Coup leader declares a border between North & South.    Jun. 22: Judy Garland dies from accidental overdose of barbiturates.   Jun. 22: Judy Garland dies from accidental overdose of barbiturates. Jun. 27: Gay sex if officially legalised in Canada.  Jun. 28: The Stonewall Riots in USA for Gay Rights.

Oct. 13, 1969 – Jan. 4, 1970 (retrograde from Bharani):

— quarks — first ARPANET message — String Theory — Samuel Beckett: Waiting for Godot — viruses —

Oct. 20: First evidence of quarks is published; even smaller than protons.  Oct 29: First messages sent on ARPANET, a forerunner to the internet.  String Theory was first proposed around this time. Apollo 12, the second crew mission to the moon.  Oct. 29: The first ARPANET message is sent, between computers  Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10: 1. Chemistry: Work in determining actual three-dimensional shape of molecules. 2. Economics: Work in creating econometric models. 3. Literature: Samuel Beckett 4. Peace: The International Labour Organisation. Physics: 5. Classification of elementary particles and their interactions 6. Medicine: discoveries concerning viruses and viral diseases.

Jan. 4, 1970 – Mar. 21, 1970 (direct):

— Nuclear Non-Proliferation —

Feb.: Virgin Group is founded as a discount mail-order record retailer by Richard Branson. Mar. 4: French submarine implodes while making a practice dive: 57 killed.  Mar. 5: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect.  Mar. 12: The world’s fastest front wheel drive car is introduced.  Mar. 16: The Complete New English Bible is published.   Mar. 19: Leaders of West and East Germany meet for the first time since the split.

28 April 1939 – 10 May 1940: Saturn in Ashwini

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*start* WW II (Sept. 1, 1939 – Sept. 2, 1945)
2nd Sino-Japanese War (Jul. 7, 1937 – Sept. 2, 1945)
Spanish Civil War (Jul. 17, 1936 – Apr. 1, 1939)
Arab Revolt in Palestine: (Apr. 19, 1936 – Aug. 26, 1939)
Great Depression (Sept. 1929 – Sept. 1939)

Apr. 28, 1939 – Aug 14, 1939 (direct):

— Industrial mobilisation —

Industrial mobilisation for the war lifts worldwide production and investment effectively ending ten years of worldwide economic depression.   Arp. 30: New York World Fair opens as a futuristic “World of Tomorrow.” “Dawn of a New Day.” The first publicly accessible TV broadcast, cloud photography, nylon, Air-conditioning  May 3: The All India Front Bloc is formed by Subhas Chandra Bose.  May 4: A five year old Peruvian girl gives birth to a boy as the youngster confirmed person to give birth. May 6:  The British government is advised to take a strong stand against Germany if they try for Poland as the best way to avoid war.   May 17: British sharply reduce and restrict Jewish emigration to Palestine.  May 17: King & Queen of England take their first tour of Canada.  May 20: Pan Am begins trans-Atlantic mail service.  May 22: Germany & Italy sign the Pact of Steel.  Jun. 3: Soviets and Britain disagree on the definition of aggression.  Jun. 4: Ship with over 900 Jewish refugees is denied permission to dock in the USA.   Jun. 17: The last public execution in France: guillotine.  Jun. 24: Siam changes their name to Thailand, which means Free Land.   Jun. 29: Hydraulic three point hitch for tractor is first demonstrated.   The Soviets win a decisive battle against Japan in Inner Mongolia.   Jul. 4: A time-bomb was found at the New York World Fair but was detonated in a remote area.   Jul. 6: The last Jewish enterprise in Germany are closed.  Jul. 27: Snow in Aukland, New Zealand for the first time ever.

Aug 14, 1939 – Dec. 28, 1939 (retrograde):

— WW II — Wizard of Oz — Televised Baseball — Appeasement — Winter Olympics cancelled —

Beginning of WW II. Aug. 19: Hitler invades Poland.  Aug. 21: Britain enacts the Emergency Powers Act to go on the war footing.  Aug.: Einstein sends a letter to Roosevelt advising on applications of fission and get a meeting by the end of the month.  Aug. 15: Wizard of Oz premieres.  Aug. 25: Hitler & Stalin agree to zones of influence in eastern Europe.  Aug. 26: Major League Baseball is televised for the first time.  Aug. 27: The first turbo jet powered aircraft.    Aug. 30: Poland mobilises against Germany.  Aug. 31: Germany stages a series of false flags along the Polish border as a pretext for war.  Sept. 1: First shot of WW II is fired at 04:45 Central European Time Declarations of War soon follows.  Sept. 2: The UK, France, New Zealand, Australia and India declare war. USA and most others declare neutrality.  Sept. 3: Winston Churchill is appointed to a war cabinet post after ten years out of politics.  Sept. 8: the world is amazed how fast Germany comes to the gates of Warsaw.  Sept.: Canada, Nepal, South Africa declare war.  Sept. 17: Soviet Union invades and occupies part of Poland. Sept. 17: Royal Navy Aircraft carrier is sunk. Sept. 21: Soviet and Nazis celebrate the annexation of Poland and agree on its division a few days later. The soviets demands that Estonia opens their land to military bases and they agree.  Nov.: Winter Oympics that were scheduled for February 1940 are cancelled.

Dec. 28, 1939 – May 10, 1940 (direct):

— Radioactive Carbon 14 — Lahore Resolution to give Pakistan greater autonomy — Hitler & Mussolini — Parimutuel betting — Dalai Lama — ‘The Three Stooges’ “You Nazi Spy!’” — U.K Food rationing —

Jan. 4: Luftwaffe Chief and General Field-Marshal Hermann Göring, assumes control of most war industries in Germany, in his capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan.   Jan. 6: General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Soviet forces.  Jan. 7: The Battle of Raate Road: outnumbered Finnish troops definitively defeat Soviet forces.  Jan. 8: Battle of Suomussalmi; The Finnish forces defeat the Soviet 44th Rifle Division. U.K Food rationing begins; it will remain enforced until 1954. Jan. 9: British submarine HMS Starfish is sunk in the Heligoland Bight.  Jan. 10:  Mechelen incident: A German plane holding secret plans crash-lands.  Jan. 19: ‘The Three Stooges’ “You Nazi Spy!’” (First Hollywood anti-Nazi comedy film).  Jan. 27: A peace resolution introduced in the Parliament of South Africa is defeated 81–59.  Feb. 1: Soviet forces launch a major strike on Finnish troops occupying the Karelian Isthmus.  The execution of Vsevolod Meyerhold takes place in the Soviet Union on charges of treason and espionage. He is later cleared of all charges fifteen years, in the first waves of ‘de-Stalinization’

Feb. 1: Soviet troops launch a major offensive against Finish occupying land near modern day Estonia.   Feb. 22: Four year old Dalai Lama is declared to be the Dalai Lama.  Feb. 27: Radioactive Carbon 14 is discovered.  Mar. 5: Soviet order to kill 40 000 poles is signed.  Mar. 12:  Moscow Peace treaty forces Finland to sign away some border land to Russia.  Mar. 18: Hitler & Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass and agree to start the war.  Mar. 23: The Lahore Resolution calls for greater autonomy for what is now Pakistan.  Mar. 31: Japan instals a puppet state in Nanjing, China.  Apr. 3: German Navy attacks Norway. The British lay mines off the coast of Norway,  Apr. 9: Denmark and Norway capitulate to German forces.   Apr.: Naval battle of Narvik: British sink all 8 German vessels.  Apr. 12: Parimutuel betting is used in horse racing for the first time (rather than betting through a bookie.)  May 10: Battle for France, Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland & Luxembourg begins. Nevil Chamberlain resigns & Winston Churchill becomes UK Prime Minister.

09 July 1909 – 01 April 1911: Saturn in Ashwini

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*starts* Mexican Revolution (Nov. 20, 1910 – Dec. 1, 1920):
*starts* Second Rif War (1909 – 1910): Spanish expansion put in check by Moroccan tribesman; but the Spanish eventually win.
Honduras Civil War (1909 – 1911)
*ends* French Conquest of Mauritania (1908 – 1909)
*ends* The Bosnian Crisis (1908 – 1909)
*ends* Persian Revolution (1906 – 1909): Rebellions against tyrannical rule. The rebellion was put down by Russia, but eh Shah abdicated.
De Tham Guerrilla Resistance (1883 – 1913) Vietnamese resistance to colonial French Rule.

Jul. 9, 1909 – Aug. 5, 1909 (direct)

— Air travel — Military Air Force —

Indian Independence movement is becoming violent. Jul. 25 – Aug. 2: Mass workers strike in Barcelona. Jul. 25: first flight across the English channel. Jul. 26: Ocean liner disappears without a trace on its second trip.  Aug. 2: A Wright Brothers plane becomes the first military plane of the US army Signal Division. .

Aug. 5, 1909 – Sept. 2, 1909 (retrograde back to Revati)

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Aug. 8: Mystic Rosicrucian Fellowship is formed in the USA to herald in the Age of Aquarius.

Mar. 19, 1910 – Jul. 23, 1910 (direct)

— World Court — Occupational disease clinic — Antarctic Expedition — The Zeppelin — Girl Guides —

Mar. 20: First clinic dedicated to occupational diseases opens in Milan.  Mar. 22: USA endorses a World Court.   Mar. 27: Over 300 killed during barn dance when the barn catches fire.  April. 5: Train between Chile & Argentina.  Apr. 10: Hailey’s Comet.  May 6: King George is crowned after his father dies.   May 12: National Association for the advancement of Coloured people hold second meeting.  May 31: The union of South Africa is created. Jun. 3: Norwegian Antarctic Expedition leaves without fanfare. Jun. 5: Industrial World’s fair in China.  Jun. 6: The Holland Dakota Landbouw Compagnie is established. Jun. 14 – 23: Edinburgh Missionary Conference. Jun. 15: British Antarctic tic Expedition sets out. Jun. 22: The Zeppelin does it’s first commercial passenger service across Germany.   Jun. 25: The Firebird ballet premiers.   Jul.: First Girl Guides are register in the UK.  Jul. 4: When a black boxer beats a white boxer for the heavy weight title, race riots break out.  Jul. 9 – 10: “what might just be the greatest cricket match of all time”

Sept. 16, 1910 – Jan. 2, 1911 (retrograde from Bharani)

— Infrared Photograph —

Oct.: Infrared Photographs are first published.  Hitachi, mining machine repair factory, is established.   Pneumonic plague kills 40 000 in China.  Oct. 7: Fire destroys 350 000 square miles of eastern Canada & USA.  Oct. 18: Freighter runs aground in Lake Superior.  Oct. 2: Titanic sister ship RMS Olympic  is launched.   Nov. 7: first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight.  Nov. 14: The first take-off from a ship by a fixed-wing aircraft.  Nov. 18: Suffragettes clash with police in USA for woman’s right to vote.   Nov. 20: Mexican Revolution begins when so many electors are deemed null & void.  Nov. 22: Mutiny in Brazilian navy as troop demand better pay and conditions with battleship guns pointed at the city.  Nov. 23: There last person executed in Sweden.  Dec. 3: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated.   Dec. 10: “Opera La fanciulla del West” premiers.  Dec. 21: Coal mine explosion kills 344; one person survives.

Jan. 2, 1911 – Apr. 1, 1911 (direct)

— Superconductivity — Rutherford model of the atom —

1911: Ernest Rutherford deduces the existence of a compact atomic nucleus from experiments involving Rutherford Scattering and proposed the Rutherford model of the atom.   Jan. 14: Norwegian South Pole expedition lands on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice shelf. Jan. 26: Canada & USA make their first reciprocal trade agreement.  Feb. 17: The first quasi-official airmail flight in USA.  Feb. 18: The first official airmail flight in India.  Mar. 19: First international Woman’s Day.   

06 May1880 –  20 Mqy 1881: Saturn in Ashwini

— Push pull materials testing —

Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878 – 1880)
*ends* Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878 – 1800)
*starts*ends* First Boer war (Dec. 20, 1880 – Mar. 23, 1881)

May 6, 1880 – Aug. 10, 1880 (direct)

— electric railway — Little Giant Material Testing Machine —

May 13: Thomas Edison tests his electric railway.  Jun.: Cargo ship SS Columbia set off on maiden voyage with 13 locomotives and 200 railcars. Jun. 1: Patent for the Little Giant Materials Testing Machine to help determine the strength of a material by pushing and pulling forces (these days they test material in numerous ways.   Jun. 28: Ned Kelly is arrested in Australia in a shootout with police. He is wearing bulletproof armour. Jun. 29: France annexes Tahiti.  Jul. 14: Dorchester Penitentiary opens in Canada,  Jul. 17: Afghan forces defeat the British& Indian forces in the Battle of Maiwand.

Aug. 10, 1880 – Dec. 15, 1880 (retrograde back to Revati)

— Barnum & Bailey Circus merger — Hard winter strains energy resources —

Aug. 14: Cologne Cathedral is completed after over 600 years of construction.  Aug. 24: SS Columbia reaches its destination; it will remain in service for almost 60 years.  Aug. 26: Barnum & Bailey Circus is created after a merger.  Sept. 1: British defeat the Afghans and bring an end to the war.   Oct. 1: Munch Re Insurance corp is founded in Germany.  Oct. 6: University of Southern California opens. Oct. 15: Hard winter in America.  Oct. 28: First stone of the Clarkson Memorial for fight against slavery.   Nov. 4: First cash register is patented.   Nov. 11: Ned Kelly is hanged.

Jan. 4, 1881 – May 20, 1881 (direct)

— Yellow Fever — steel transatlantic liner — feminist newspaper —

Jan. 24: Habeas Corpus is suspended in England so that those people suspected of committing an offence can be detained without trial.  Jan. 25: Edison & Bell team up to form the Oriental Telephone Company.  Feb. 13: The first issue of feminist newspaper La Citoyenne is released.  Feb. 18: Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated.  Feb. 18: Understanding of the transmission of Yellow Fever from mosquitoes.  Feb. 19: Kansas becomes the first state to prohibit all alcoholic beverage. Feb. 25: Phoenix is incorporated.  Mar. 1: The first steel transatlantic liner is launched from Scotland.   Mar. 12: The first black international football player joins the Scottish team.  Mar. 13:  Russian Emperor Alexander is assassinated. The assassin is also killed by his bomb.  Mar. 26: The Kingdom of Hungary is proclaimed.  Apr. 15: Anti-semitic pogroms start in southern Russia.   April. 28: Billy the Kid escapes.  May 16: The first regular electric tram starts in Berlin.   

Ancient History

Oct. 18, 1851: “Moby Dick” first published.
Jul. 9 1762: Catherine the Great’s reign begins.
Jun. 15, 1762: Austria issues the first paper currency. Two weeks later is the first reported counterfeit.
Feb. 8, 1587: Queen “Bloody Mary” of Scotland is executed by botched beheading in Oundle, United Kingdom following her trial.
1202: Hindu-Arabic Numbering system introduced to the west.

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