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#OTD in 1758.

Halley's Comet is sighted by Johann Georg Palitzsch, confirming Edmund Halley's prediction of its passage. This was the first passage of a comet predicted ahead of time. The periodic nature of this comet had been deduced by its namesake Edmond Halley in 1705, but Halley had died before seeing if his prediction would come true.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Palitzsch

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