D E C E M B E R 2 0 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 29 Hanukkah 2 3 93: Carl-Gunne Fälthammar, plasma pioneer, born 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 90: Georges Claude displays the first neon lamp in Paris 2 867: Kristian Birkeland, plasma pioneer born 3 Geminids Meteor Shower 4 5 6 7 856: Sir J J 8 Thomson, pioneer born 9 20 08:6 UT: Total lunar eclipse Winter Solstice FULL MOON 2 22 23 Christmas Eve 24 Christmas Day 25 Christmas Boxing Day Kwanzaa 26 Bank Holiday 27 Bank Holiday 28 29 979: Charles Bruce, electrical engineer, dies 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 November 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 January 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
J A N U A R Y 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday December 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 February 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 New Year's Day New Year's Day 2nd January (Scotland) 2 3 08:50 UT: Partial 4 Solar eclipse, N. Europe 5 6 The Epiphany 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 7 8 99: Winston H. Bostick, plasma pioneer dies 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 88: Irving Langmuir, plasma pioneer born 3 2 3 4 5 6
F E B R U A R Y 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 3 Groundhog Day 897: Kristian Birkeland starts st (failed) expedition 2 925: Oliver Heaviside dies. He reformulated Maxwell's equations Chinese New Year (Year of the Rabbit) 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 Lincoln's Birthday 3 6 Valentine's Day Valentine's Day 4 826: George Stoney is born; proposed existence of the electron 5 6 773: Captain James Cook st records & names the Aurora Australis 7 8 9 989: First Workshop on Plasma Cosmology, USA 20 Washington's Birthday President's Day 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 January 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 March 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
M A R C H 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 28 St. David's Day 2 3 4 96: Winston H. Bostick, pioneer born 5 6 7 8 Ash Wednesday 9 Ash Wednesday 0 2 Daylight Savings 3 Time Begins 4 5 6 St. Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day (N. Ireland) 7 8 9 Spring Equinox 20 Purim 2 22 23 24 25 26 British 27 Summertime Begins 28 29 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 February 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 April 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
A P R I L 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 28 29 3 April Fool's Day April Fool's Day 995: Hannes Alfvén, pioneer dies 2 Mother's Day 3 99: Sir William Crookes, pioneer dies 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 Tax Day 5 6 Palm Sunday 7 8 Passover 9 20 Queen's Birthday 2 Earth Day 22 Good Friday Good Friday 23 24 St. George's Day Easter Easter Palm Sunday Easter Monday 25 26 27 28 29 897: J.J. Thomson identifies "radiant matter" 2 3 4 5 6 March 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 May 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
M A Y 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 25 26 27 28 29 Early May Bank Holiday 2 3 937: Hannes Alfvén predicts intergalactic magnetic field 4 Cinco de Mayo 5 6 7 Mother's Day 8 960: Georges Claude dies. In 90 he displayed the first neon lamp 9 993: 2nd Plasma Astrophysics and Cosmology Workshop 0 6 7 850: Oliver Heaviside born. He reformulated Maxwell's equations 8 23 2 3 937: Hannes Alfvén predicts an interstellar and intergalactic magnetic field 4 24 25 84: Johann Geissler born, inventor discharge tube 26 9 20 Armed Forces 2 Day 5 22 27 28 John F. Kennedy's 29 Birthday 908: Hannes Alfvén, pioneer born Spring Bank Holiday Memorial Day 3 2 3 April 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 June 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
J U N E 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 83: James Clerk Maxwell born 903: Willard Harrison Bennett, plasma pioneer born 3 Flag Day 4 97: Kristian 5 20 Summer Solstice 2 (05:45) Summer Solstice Birkeland, pioneer dies 6 832: Sir William 7 Crookes, pioneer born 8 Father's Day 9 Father's Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 May 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 July 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
J U L Y 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Independence Day 27 4 9: George Johnstone Stoney dies. In 874 he proposes the existence of the electron Battle of Boyne Day (N. Ireland) 28 5 2 29 Canada Day 902: Kristian Birkeland begins 2nd auroral expedition 6 7 8 9 0 3 4 5 6 7 2 3 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 922: Emil Wolf born. He discovers the Wolf "red" shift 3 2 3 4 5 June 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 August 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
A U G U S T 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Holiday (Scotland) 928: Irving Langmuir coins the word "plasma" 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 957: Irving 6 Langmuir, pioneer dies 7 8 9 20 2 879: William Crookes discovers "radiant matter" 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Late Summer Bank Holiday 29 87: Ernest Rutherford born; discovers the proton in 98 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 July 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 September 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
S E P T E M B E R 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 29 3 2 3 4 Labor Day 5 6 7 8 9 0 Patriot Day Grandparent's Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 870: Georges Claude born. In 90 he displays the first neon lamp 24 25 26 27 987: Willard Harrison Bennett, pioneer dies 28 29 2 3 4 5 6 7 August 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 October 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
O C T O B E R 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday September 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 November 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 28 29 956: Winston H. Bostick coins the word "plasmoid" 2 942: Hannes Alfvén predicts Solar plasma waves 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Columbus Day 0 2 Sukkot 3 4 5 6 7 8 937: Ernest Rutherford dies; discovered the proton 9 20 2 22 23 United Nations Day Halloween Halloween 24 3 25 26 2 970: Hannes Alfvén awarded Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics 27 3 28 4 29 5 British Summer Time Ends 6
N O V E M B E R 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 3 All Saints Day 2 All Souls Day 3 4 879: James Clerk Maxwell, pioneer dies Guy Fawkes Day 5 Daylight Savings Time Ends 6 7 Election Day 8 9 0 Veteran's Day 2 Remembrance 3 Day 4 5 6 607: Northern 7 8 9 20 Lights seen over Europe, and described by Johannes Kepler 2 22 23 Thanksgiving 24 25 26 27 28 29 St. Andrew's Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 October 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 December 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
D E C E M B E R 2 0 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 28 29 2 3 93: Carl-Gunne Fälthammar, plasma pioneer, born 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 90: Georges Claude displays the first neon lamp in Paris 2 867: Kristian Birkeland, plasma pioneer born 3 4 5 6 7 856: Sir J J 8 Thomson, pioneer born 9 20 Hanukkah 2 Winter Solstice 22 23 Christmas Eve 24 Christmas 25 Christmas Day Boxing Day Kwanzaa 26 27 28 29 979: Charles Bruce, electrical engineer, dies 3 2 3 4 5 6 November 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 January 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3
J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 26 27 28 29 3 New Year's Day New Year's Day 2nd January (Scotland) 2 3 4 5 6 The Epiphany 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 6 7 8 99: Winston H. Bostick, plasma pioneer dies 9 20 2 22 Chinese New Year (Year of the Dragon) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 88: Irving Langmuir, plasma pioneer born 2 3 December 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3 February 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29