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Science on the 12th of January in history

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Date	Type	Text
12 Jan 1665 Pierre de Fermat	science	death Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (born 1601)	0
12 Jan 1716 Antonio de Ulloa	science	birth Antonio de Ulloa Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer (died 1795)	0
12 Jan 1719 John Flamsteed	science	death John Flamsteed John Flamsteed, astronomer (born 1646)	0
12 Jan 1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani	science	birth Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian biologist (died 1799)	0
12 Jan 1792 Johan August Arfwedson	science	birth Johan August Arfwedson Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (died 1841)	0
12 Jan 1808 Wernerian Natural History Society	science	Wernerian Natural History Society (natural history) Organizational meeting leading to creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society is held in Edinburgh.	0
12 Jan 1848 Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville	science	death Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville Christophe-Paulin de La Poix de Fréminville (born 1848), French explorer and naturalist.	0
12 Jan 1866 Royal Aeronautical Society	science	Royal Aeronautical Society (technology) Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.	0
12 Jan 1877 Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister	science	death Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister Wilhelm Friedrich Benedikt Hofmeister (born 1824), German botanist.	0
12 Jan 1899 Paul Hermann Müller	science	birth Paul Hermann Müller Paul Hermann Müller (died 1965), Swiss chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1948.	0
12 Jan 1907 Sergei Korolev	science	birth Sergei Korolev Sergei Korolev (died 1966), Ukrainian-born space scientist.	0
12 Jan 1909 Hermann Minkowski	science	death Hermann Minkowski Hermann Minkowski (born 1864), mathematician.	0
12 Jan 1910 Birth of public radio broadcasting	science	Birth of public radio broadcasting (technology) Birth of public radio broadcasting: Lee De Forest conducts an experimental broadcast of part of a live performance of Tosca and, the next day, a performance with the participation of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso from the stage of Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.	0
12 Jan 1996 Bartel Leendert van der Waerden	science	death Bartel Leendert van der Waerden Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (b. 1903), Dutch mathematician.	0
12 Jan 2007 Comet	science	Comet (, discoveries ) Comet McNaught reaches perihelion and becomes visible from Earth during daylight.	0
12 Jan 2014 William Feindel	science	death William Feindel William Feindel, 95, Canadian neurosurgeon, scientist and professor	0

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