- May 11, 2022
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In this month: March 2022
5th March 1616 On this day in 1616 the Roman Catholic Church adds "" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus to its list of banned books 73 years after it was first published. Published just before Copernicus’ death in 1543. The book proposed that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun. Ironically, Copernicus dedicated the book to the pope, and at the time of its publication there was not much controversy within the Catholic Church. Howeve