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Spotlight
Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Fireworks have been part and parcel of U.S. Independence Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, since its first celebration in July 1777.
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On This Day
Astronomical First
In 1818 Maria Mitchell—the first professional woman astronomer in the United States, noted for her discovery that sunspots are whirling vertical cavities and not, as earlier thought, clouds—was born.