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Is Uranuses the plural form of Uranus?

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Originally posted by josephw
Is Uranuses the plural form of Uranus?
The correct form is Urani.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
13th March
Uranus was discovered
Whichever Roman or Greek god that planet was named after, he must have been a real arse.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
The correct form is Urani.
Uranodes if stem is Greek ?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
Uranodes if stem is Greek ?
Uranoi... It should be o-Deklination from Uranos.

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Originally posted by Ponderable
Uranoi... It should be o-Deklination from Uranos.
Thank you.
RHP is a real education! ๐Ÿ™‚

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1967
Zakir Husain becomes first Muslim Presidnt of India.

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1807
28th June

Second British invasion of the Río de la Plata is defeated by the locals.

This was the catalyst for Argentine independence a few years later.

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June 28, 1914 -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
were assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking events that led to World War I.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
June 28, 1914 -- Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie,
were assassinated in Sarajevo, sparking events that led to World War I.
Didn't know they hit his wife too. However, exactly 5 years later on this day, WW1 ended with the treaty of Varsailles, which also established the league of nations.

On this day in 1997, Mike Tyson bites off a bit of Holyfield's ear. Neither were the same after that๐Ÿ™‚

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oops wrong thread

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On this day 60 years ago Paul McCartney met John Lennon.

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8th July

1972 – Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani

2014 – Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers

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July 11th

1987: world Population reached 5.000.000.000

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60 years ago a air to air nuclear weapon was tested:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob#John

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