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Scorpio (♏︎; Ancient Greek: Σκορπιός, romanized: Skorpiós, Latin for "scorpion") is the eighth astrological sign in the zodiac, originating from the constellation of Scorpius.
The star δ Sco, after having been a stable 2.3 magnitude star, flared in July 2000 to 1.9 in a matter of weeks. It has since become a variable star fluctuating between 2.0 and 1.6. [5] This means that at its brightest it is the second brightest star in Scorpius.
The day marks the start of the Christmas season in the country. [23] Liechtenstein; Macau, China — by Government Executive Order No. 60/2000, published on 29 September 2000 and enforced into legal effect since 1 January 2001. [24] Malta; Monaco — it is celebrated with food festivities, particularly honoring mothers and grandmothers.
Zeta 1 Scorpii (spectral type O8 and magnitude 4.71. [ 7 ] ) is the brightest star in the association, and one of the most radiant stars known in the galaxy. [ 8 ] NGC 6231 was used to measure the binary fraction of B-type stars : 52 ± 8%, indicating that B-type stars are commonly found in binary systems , but not as commonly as in O-type stars .
On March 21, 1890, at a conference dedicated to the siege of Bilbao during the Third Carlist War, Miguel de Unamuno delivered a lecture titled La última guerra carlista como materia poética. [1] It was probably the first-ever attempt to examine the Carlist motive in literature, as for the previous 57 years the subject had been increasingly ...
Oswaldo José de los Ángeles Castro Intriago (29 July 1902 – 26 June 1992) was an Ecuadorian journalist, teacher, poet, statistician, translator/reviser, and novelist. . He was instrumental in founding Chone's first newspaper, the cultural weekly El Iris; in organizing the first census of the city of Quito, Ecuador as president of its technical commission; and in promoting the United ...
April 16, 2010 Dear Friend: We’re writing with a very unusual request — that you pledge not to give any campaign contributions to any candidate for Congress until they have
James Knox Polk (/ p oʊ k /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849.A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of Jacksonian democracy and extending the territory of the United States.