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Science on the 8th of February in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
08 Feb 1570 Concepción earthquake	science	Concepción earthquake (earth sciences) Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.	0
08 Feb 1677 Jacques Cassini	science	birth Jacques Cassini Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (died 1756)	0
08 Feb 1700 Daniel Bernoulli	science	birth Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1782)	0
08 Feb 1765 Nevil Maskelyne	science	Nevil Maskelyne (astronomy) Nevil Maskelyne becomes Astronomer Royal in England.	0
08 Feb 1877 Charles Wilkes	science	death Charles Wilkes Charles Wilkes (died 1798), American navigator.	0
08 Feb 1878 Martin Buber	science	birth Martin Buber Martin Buber, Austrian philosopher (died 1965)	0
08 Feb 1878 Elias Magnus Fries	science	death Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries, Swedish botanist (born 1794)	0
08 Feb 1889 Roberto Duarte Silva	science	death Roberto Duarte Silva Roberto Duarte Silva (born 1837), Portuguese chemist	0
08 Feb 1944 Howard Dalton	science	birth Howard Dalton Howard Dalton (died 2008), English microbiologist.	0
08 Feb 1974 space	science	space (astronomy and space ) After 84 days in space, the last crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth.	0
08 Feb 1995 Asteroid	science	Asteroid (astronomy and space ) Asteroid 6349 Acapulco is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.	0
08 Feb 2005 Yale University	science	Yale University (other s) Yale University wins more than $1 million in damages and attorney's fees, along with the patent rights relating to electrospray ionization from former professor and Nobel Prize winner John Fenn.	0

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