Happy Birthday, Copernicus

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Google celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus’s 540th birthday today with a Google Doodle illustrating the heliocentric universe:

Unlike the doodle above, the one on their main search page is animated.

They’ve also a link to search for Copernicus’s scientific accomplishments and investigations of the natural order.

Published on February 19, 2013.
Filed under: History, Nature/Science

February 6th: Reagan’s 102nd birthday

Via FREEDOM EDEN.

Published on February 6, 2013.
Filed under: America, History

How Wisconsinites Have Kept the Lights On

Twelve thousand years of illumination in Wisconsin.

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on January 28, 2013.
Filed under: History, Wisconsin

Wisconsin’s ghost town

Dekorra.

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on January 11, 2013.
Filed under: History, Wisconsin

Althouse on celebrating Richard M. Nixon’s 100th birthday

Via Althouse.

Published on January 9, 2013.
Filed under: History

Walker honors Pearl Harbor veterans

Via Channel 3000.

Published on December 7, 2012.
Filed under: Gov. Walker, History, Military

12.5.1879: Humane Society of Wisconsin Born

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on December 5, 2012.
Filed under: Animals, History, Wisconsin

12.3.47: First tv station in WI

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on December 3, 2012.
Filed under: History, Television

11.27.1882: Ringling Brothers’ First Performance

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on November 27, 2012.
Filed under: Animals, History

11.26.1838: Wisconsin Legislature Assembles for First Time

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on November 26, 2012.
Filed under: History, Legislature, Wisconsin

11.19.1941: Former Gov. Thompson Born

Via Wisconsin Historical Society.

Published on November 19, 2012.
Filed under: History

When Jimmy Carter Took Richard Nixon’s Advice

Via CAFFEINATED POLITICS.

Published on November 18, 2012.
Filed under: History

2.11.13: Special prosecutor will present case of Derek Williams’ police custody death

Via WISN.

Published on November 14, 2012.
Filed under: Crime, History, Law, Misconduct

The Evolution of Legalized Gambling in Wisconsin

Via Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau.

Published on November 12, 2012.
Filed under: History, Law, Lifestyle, Wisconsin

11.12.1836: Gov. Dodge signs first territorial law

Via Wisconsin Historical Society .

Published on November 12, 2012.
Filed under: History, Law, Wisconsin

Former senator Dole meets with Milwaukee WWII Vets

Via WTMJ.

Published on November 8, 2012.
Filed under: History, Military

Honor Flight: November 2012

Via WTMJ.

Published on November 6, 2012.
Filed under: History, Military

Honor Flights give Wisconsin World War II veterans grand salute

Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Published on November 4, 2012.
Filed under: History, Military, Wisconsin

Odd Wisconsin: The Wisconsin 1st Cavalry’s role in ending the Civil War

Via Wisconsin State JOurnal.

Published on October 31, 2012.
Filed under: America, History, Wisconsin

10.30.1938: Orson Welles’s War of the Words Broadcast

Published on October 30, 2012.
Filed under: History, Radio