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Science on the 7th of January in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
07 Jan 1610 Galileo Galilei	science	Galileo Galilei (astronomy) Galileo Galilei first observes the four large Galilean moons of Jupiter: Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Io, although he is unable to distinguish the latter two until the following day. In the same year he publishes his first observations by telescope in a short treatise entitled Sidereus Nuncius ("Sidereal Messenger").	0
07 Jan 1745 Johan Christian Fabricius	science	birth Johan Christian Fabricius Johan Christian Fabricius, Danish entomologist (died 1808)	0
07 Jan 1785 Frenchman	science	Frenchman (aviation) Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.	0
07 Jan 1827 Sandford Fleming	science	birth Sandford Fleming Sandford Fleming (died 1915), Scottish-born Canadian engineer and surveyor known as the "father of time zones".	0
07 Jan 1831 John Herapath	science	John Herapath (astronomy) Great Comet of 1831 (C/1831 A1, 1830 II) first observed by John Herapath.	0
07 Jan 1834 Johann Philipp Reis	science	birth Johann Philipp Reis Johann Philipp Reis (died 1874), physicist and inventor.	0
07 Jan 1871 Émile Borel	science	birth Émile Borel Émile Borel (died 1956), French mathematician.	0
07 Jan 1878 Samuel James Cameron	science	birth Samuel James Cameron Samuel James Cameron, Scottish obstetrician (died 1959)	0
07 Jan 1893 Jožef Stefan	science	death Jožef Stefan Jožef Stefan (born 1835), Slovenian physicist and mathematician.	0
07 Jan 1925 Gerald Durrell	science	birth Gerald Durrell Gerald Durrell (died 1995), wildlife conservationist (born in British India).	0
07 Jan 1929 radiosonde	science	radiosonde (meteorology) Robert Bureau flies (and names) the first radiosonde using telemetry, in France.	0
07 Jan 1943 Nikola Tesla	science	death Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla (born 1856), Croatian-born Serbian American inventor.	0
07 Jan 1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment	science	Georgetown-IBM experiment (computer science) Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system held in New York at the head office of IBM.	0
07 Jan 1974 Gombe Chimpanzee War	science	Gombe Chimpanzee War (zoology) Outbreak of 4-year Gombe Chimpanzee War in Tanzania, reported by Jane Goodall.	0
07 Jan 1982 Commodore 64	science	Commodore 64 (computer science) The Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched by Commodore International (released in August); it becomes the all-time best-selling single personal computer model.	0
07 Jan 1986 Rex Wailes	science	death Rex Wailes Rex Wailes (b. 1901), English engineer and historian of technology.	0
07 Jan 1996 blizzard	science	blizzard (meteorology) A large blizzard hits the Eastern United States, killing more than 100.	0
07 Jan 2002 iMac G4	science	iMac G4 (computer science and) The iMac G4 is introduced by Apple, Inc., as the next generation iMac.	0

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