Today in Galileo Galilei History
Physicist Topics: Andrei Sakharov - Isaac Newton - Nikola Tesla
Historical Events
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1609-08-08 - Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
1610-01-13 - Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1633-02-13 - Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun
1633-06-21 - Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, & detest" his Copernican heliocentric views
1633-06-22 - Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong)
1992-10-31 - Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years
Famous Birthdays
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1564-02-15 - Galileo Galilei, Pisa Italy, astronomer/physicist
Famous Deaths
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1642-01-08 - Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy
