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Linda Salzman Sagan (born July 16, 1940) is an artist and writer, famed for creating the artwork for the plaque on the Pioneer spacecraft and for coproducing the Voyager Golden Record. She co-authored the book Murmurs of Earth with her ex-husband, astronomer Carl Sagan, whom she married on April 6, 1968; the marriage lasted until their divorce in 1981. She is also known for directing a number of plays for the Central Casting Theater in Ithaca, New York and for writing episodes of television shows such as Knots Landing and General Hospital. Sagan was born in the Bronx, New York.

Ms. Salzman Sagan is the mother of author and screenwriter Nick Sagan.
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  • 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar.

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The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. Debate, both historical and present day, suggests that defining the concept of an artist will continue to be difficult.
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writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms.
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The Pioneer plaques are a pair of gold anodised aluminium plaques which were placed on board the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft, featuring a pictorial message from humanity, in case either Pioneer 10 or 11 are intercepted by extraterrestrial beings.
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Voyager Golden Record is a phonograph record included in the two Voyager spacecraft launched in 1977. It contains sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth.
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An astronomer or astrophysicist is a person whose area of interest is astronomy or astrophysics.

Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences
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Carl Sagan

Born November 9 1934(1934--)
Brooklyn, New York
Died November 20 1996 (aged 62)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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  • 648 BC - Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks.

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Ithaca, New York
Location in New York
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Country United States
State New York
County Tompkins County
Founded 1790
Incorporated 1888
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State of New York

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Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior!

Official language(s) None

Capital Albany
Largest city New York City

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Knots Landing is a primetime television soap opera that aired for 14 seasons, from December 27 1979 to May 13 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show initially centered around the lives of four married couples residing in a
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General Hospital

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Alternate titles GH
Creator(s) Frank and Doris Hursley
Country of origin  United States
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The Bronx is New York City's northernmost borough, coterminous with Bronx County. The Bronx is located Northeast of Manhattan. It is the only one of the city's five boroughs situated primarily on the United States mainland rather than on an island.
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State of New York

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Nickname(s): The Empire State
Motto(s): Excelsior!

Official language(s) None

Capital Albany
Largest city New York City

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Nick Sagan (b. September 16, 1970 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of the science fiction novels Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree, and his screen credits include several episodes of and .
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