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"Glenn A. Walsh" <[log in to unmask]>
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> 10/23/ 4004 B.C. The earth was created according to the
> calculations of Bishop James Ussher(1581-1656).

Exactly 5,943 years later, there was a Press Preview for Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, which was dedicated the next day, 1939 October 24.

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Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
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SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Twitter: < http://twitter.com/spacewatchtower >
Facebook: < http://www.facebook.com/pages/SpaceWatchtower/238017839577841?sk=wall >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
* Civil War Museum of Andrew Carnegie Free Library:
  < http://garespypost.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://inclinedplane.tripod.com >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


--- On Sun, 10/23/11, Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Charles Carlson <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Happy Creation of the Earth Day
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> Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 11:34 AM
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> 10/23/ 4004 B.C. The earth was created according to the
> calculations of Bishop James Ussher(1581-1656).  The
> creator was apparently God.  Ussher's conjectures
> predated subsequent evidence, and yet remains accepted by
> some to this day.  Enjoy!
> C
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> Exploratorium or related organization, and do not represent
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> Charles Carlson
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