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28 Jan 1540
Ludolph van Ceulen |
birth Ludolph van Ceulen Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (died 1610). |
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28 Jan 1608
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli |
birth Giovanni Alfonso Borelli Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian scientist (died 1679) |
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28 Jan 1611
Johannes Hevelius |
birth Johannes Hevelius Johannes Hevelius, German astronomer (died 1687) |
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28 Jan 1622
Adrien Auzout |
birth Adrien Auzout Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691) |
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28 Jan 1688
Ferdinand Verbiest |
death Ferdinand Verbiest Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit astronomer in China (born 1623) |
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28 Jan 1701
Charles Marie de La Condamine |
birth Charles Marie de La Condamine Charles Marie de La Condamine, French geographer (died 1774) |
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28 Jan 1706
John Baskerville |
birth John Baskerville John Baskerville, English printer and inventor (died 1775) |
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28 Jan 1724
The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences |
The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences (institutions) The Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences is founded by Peter I of Russia. |
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28 Jan 1755
Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring |
birth Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, Prussian physician, anatomist, paleontologist and inventor (died 1830). |
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28 Jan 1821
Russian |
Russian (geography and explor) Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovers Alexander I Land in Antarctica, later determined to be the world's second-largest uninhabited island. |
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28 Jan 1841
Ross Ice Shelf |
Ross Ice Shelf (exploration) Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. |
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28 Jan 1855
William Seward Burroughs |
birth William Seward Burroughs William Seward Burroughs (died 1898), inventor of the adding machine. |
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28 Jan 1858
Eugène Dubois |
birth Eugène Dubois Eugène Dubois (died 1940), Dutch paleoanthropologist. |
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28 Jan 1886
Hidetsugu Yagi |
birth Hidetsugu Yagi Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (died 1976) |
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28 Jan 1887
snowstorm |
snowstorm (climate) In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, in the United States, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. |
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28 Jan 1887
Edmund Jaeger |
birth Edmund Jaeger Edmund Jaeger (died 1983), American naturalist |
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28 Jan 1903
Kathleen Lonsdale |
birth Kathleen Lonsdale Kathleen Lonsdale, née Yardley (died 1971), Irish-born crystallographer. |
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28 Jan 1935
Iceland |
Iceland (medicine) Iceland becomes the first country to legalize abortion on medical grounds. |
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28 Jan 1937
Arthur Pollen |
death Arthur Pollen Arthur Pollen (born 1866), English inventor. |
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28 Jan 1963
Jean Piccard |
death Jean Piccard Jean Piccard (born 1884), Swiss-born American chemist and explorer. |
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28 Jan 1986
Space Shuttle Challenger |
Space Shuttle Challenger (astronomy and space ) Space Shuttle Challenger explodes on launch, killing all seven astronauts aboard. Their bodies are located by United States Navy divers on March 9. |
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