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03 Apr 1529
Michael Neander |
birth Michael Neander Michael Neander, German mathematician (died 1581) |
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03 Apr 1667
Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester |
death Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, English inventor (born 1601?) |
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03 Apr 1715
William Watson |
birth William Watson William Watson, English physician, botanist and physicist (died 1787) |
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03 Apr 1764
John Abernethy |
birth John Abernethy John Abernethy, English surgeon (died 1831) |
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03 Apr 1798
Charles Wilkes |
birth Charles Wilkes Charles Wilkes, American navigator (died 1877) |
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03 Apr 1827
Ernst Chladni |
death Ernst Chladni Ernst Chladni (born 1756), physicist. |
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03 Apr 1837
John Burroughs |
birth John Burroughs John Burroughs (died 1921), naturalist. |
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03 Apr 1850
British Meteorological Society |
British Meteorological Society (meteorology) British Meteorological Society founded. |
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03 Apr 1862
James Clark Ross |
death James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross (born 1800), English explorer of the Polar regions |
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03 Apr 1885
Gottlieb Daimler |
Gottlieb Daimler (technology) Gottlieb Daimler is granted a German patent for his single-cylinder water-cooled engine design. |
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03 Apr 1911
Michael Woodruff |
birth Michael Woodruff Michael Woodruff (died 2001), English pioneer of organ transplant surgery. |
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03 Apr 1920
Mary Katharine Brandegee |
death Mary Katharine Brandegee Mary Katharine Brandegee, American botanist (born 1844). |
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03 Apr 1926
Gus Grissom |
birth Gus Grissom Gus Grissom (died 1967), American astronaut. |
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03 Apr 1932
Wilhelm Ostwald |
death Wilhelm Ostwald Wilhelm Ostwald (born 1853), Baltic German chemist. |
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03 Apr 1934
Percy Shaw |
Percy Shaw (technology) Percy Shaw patents the cat's eye road-safety device in Britain. |
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03 Apr 1934
Jane Goodall |
birth Jane Goodall Jane Goodall, English primatologist. |
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03 Apr 1938
John Darley |
birth John Darley John Darley, American social psychologist |
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03 Apr 1961
Leadbeater's possum |
Leadbeater's possum (zoology) A Leadbeater's possum, a marsupial species thought to have been extinct for over 50 years, is discovered in New South Wales (Australia). |
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03 Apr 1973
mobile phone |
mobile phone (technology) The first handheld mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City. |
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03 Apr 1981
Osborne 1 |
Osborne 1 (computer science) The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. |
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03 Apr 1986
IBM |
IBM (computer science) IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer. |
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