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20 Mar 1728
Samuel-Auguste Tissot |
birth Samuel-Auguste Tissot Samuel-Auguste Tissot, Swiss physician (died 1797) |
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20 Mar 1781
Pierre Méchain |
Pierre Méchain (astronomy) Pierre Méchain discovers dwarf galaxy NGC 5195. |
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20 Mar 1791
John Farey |
birth John Farey John Farey, English mechanical engineer and technical writer (died 1851) |
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20 Mar 1812
Charles Vincent Walker |
birth Charles Vincent Walker Charles Vincent Walker, English telegraph engineer (died 1882) |
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20 Mar 1853
Robert James Graves |
death Robert James Graves Robert James Graves (born 1796), Irish physician. |
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20 Mar 1855
Joseph Aspdin |
death Joseph Aspdin Joseph Aspdin (born 1778), inventor. |
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20 Mar 1904
B. F. Skinner |
birth B. F. Skinner B. F. Skinner (died 1990), American behavioral psychologist. |
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20 Mar 1964
European Space Agency |
European Space Agency (astronomy and space ) The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established (under an agreement of June 14, 1962). |
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20 Mar 1987
Food and Drug Administration |
Food and Drug Administration (medicine) The United States Food and Drug Administration approves anti-AIDS drug AZT. |
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20 Mar 1990
Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild |
death Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (b. 1910), English polymath. |
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