Today In History (Decemeber 28 1798)
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 12:55 pm
TODAY IN HISTORY
1798: Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician, who would be the first man to determine the parallax of a fixed star, and the first to measure the distance to Alpha Centauri, is born in Dundee.
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