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23 Mar 1501
Pietro Andrea Mattioli |
birth Pietro Andrea Mattioli Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and botanist (died 1577) |
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23 Mar 1699
John Bartram |
birth John Bartram John Bartram, naturalist and explorer, "father of American botany" (died 1777) |
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23 Mar 1740
Olof Rudbeck the Younger |
death Olof Rudbeck the Younger Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Swedish naturalist (born 1660). |
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23 Mar 1749
Pierre-Simon Laplace |
birth Pierre-Simon Laplace Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (died 1827) |
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23 Mar 1769
William Smith |
birth William Smith William Smith, geologist (died 1839) |
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23 Mar 1771
Henry Hindley |
death Henry Hindley Henry Hindley, English clock and scientific instrument maker (born c. 1701) |
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23 Mar 1779
Edward Pigott |
Edward Pigott (astronomy) Edward Pigott discovers the Black Eye Galaxy (M64). |
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23 Mar 1828
David Friesenhausen |
death David Friesenhausen David Friesenhausen (born 1756), German-Hungarian-Jewish rabbi, mathematician and astronomer. |
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23 Mar 1829
N. R. Pogson |
birth N. R. Pogson N. R. Pogson (died 1891 in science), astronomer. |
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23 Mar 1837
Richard Anthony Proctor |
birth Richard Anthony Proctor Richard Anthony Proctor (died 1888), astronomer. |
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23 Mar 1840
William Maclure |
death William Maclure William Maclure (born 1763), geologist. |
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23 Mar 1857
Elisha Otis |
Elisha Otis (technology) Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway). |
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23 Mar 1882
Emmy Noether |
birth Emmy Noether Emmy Noether (died 1969), German mathematician. |
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23 Mar 1912
Wernher von Braun |
birth Wernher von Braun Wernher von Braun (died 1977), German-born physicist and engineer. |
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23 Mar 1917
Howard McKern |
birth Howard McKern Howard McKern (died 2009), Australian analytical and organic chemist. |
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23 Mar 1924
Bjørn G. Andersen |
birth Bjørn G. Andersen Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian quaternary geologist and glaciologist (early environmental studies) (died 2012) |
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23 Mar 1933
Philip Zimbardo |
birth Philip Zimbardo Philip Zimbardo, American social psychologist. |
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23 Mar 1943
Vicodin |
Vicodin (pharmacology) The drugs Vicodin and Lortab are made in Germany. |
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23 Mar 1946
Gilbert N. Lewis |
death Gilbert N. Lewis Gilbert N. Lewis (born 1875), chemist; first to isolate deuterium. |
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23 Mar 1965
NASA |
NASA (astronomy and space ) NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-person space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). |
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23 Mar 1978
Haim Ernst Wertheimer |
death Haim Ernst Wertheimer Haim Ernst Wertheimer (b. 1893), Jewish biochemist. |
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23 Mar 1989
Stanley Pons |
Stanley Pons (physics) Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah. |
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23 Mar 1993
Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak |
Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak (medicine) Start of Milwaukee Cryptosporidiosis outbreak. |
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23 Mar 2005
planets |
planets (astronomy) Two independent teams report the observation of light from planets circling two different stars, using the Spitzer infrared space telescope. Both groups detect a slight dimming in the light intensity during conjunction, when the planet is moving behind its sun's disk (occultation). |
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