This Day in Geek History: September 11
1822 The College of Cardinals reverses the church’s condemnation of the ideas of astronomer Galileo Galilei , stating that “publication of works treating of the motion of the Earth and the stability of the sun, in accordance with the opinion of modern astronomers, is permitted.” However, Galilei’s book, Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems , won’t be removed from the Vatican’s list of banned books. 1831 Charles Darwin and Captain Robert Fitzroy travel from London to Ply






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