Despite the Depression, the Society expanded from seven to nine Centres during the 1930s. The 1932 total solar eclipse was the first one to be widely observed by RASC members.
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| 1817 | Messier dies at 87. | 209 years ago |
| 1849 | A. de Gasparis discovers asteroid (10) Hygiea. | 177 years ago |
| 1961 | Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in orbit. | 65 years ago |
| 1981 | First space shuttle (Columbia) launched. | 45 years ago |
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