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Science on the 4th of April in history

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Date	Type	Text
04 Apr 1609 Carolus Clusius	science	death Carolus Clusius Carolus Clusius, Flemish botanist (born 1525)	0
04 Apr 1617 John Napier	science	death John Napier John Napier of Merchiston, mathematician (born 1550).	0
04 Apr 1688 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle	science	birth Joseph-Nicolas Delisle Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (died 1768)	0
04 Apr 1796 Georges Cuvier	science	Georges Cuvier (paleontology) Georges Cuvier reads his paper Mémoires sur les espèces d'éléphants vivants et fossiles at the opening of the Institut National in Paris, demonstrating that species had become extinct.	0
04 Apr 1807 Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande	science	death Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (born 1732)	0
04 Apr 1820 David Kirkaldy	science	birth David Kirkaldy David Kirkaldy (died 1897), engineer, pioneer of materials testing.	0
04 Apr 1838 paddle steamer	science	paddle steamer (technology) The paddle steamer SS Sirius (1837) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Cork, Ireland, in eighteen days, though not using steam continuously.	0
04 Apr 1839 James Blyth	science	birth James Blyth James Blyth (died 1906), Scottish electrical engineer.	0
04 Apr 1868 Philippa Fawcett	science	birth Philippa Fawcett Philippa Fawcett (died 1948), mathematician.	0
04 Apr 1918 Joseph Ashbrook	science	birth Joseph Ashbrook Joseph Ashbrook (died 1980), astronomer.	0
04 Apr 1919 William Crookes	science	death William Crookes Sir William Crookes (born 1832), chemist and physicist.	0
04 Apr 1924 Arnold Pick	science	death Arnold Pick Arnold Pick, Czech neurologist (born 1851)	0
04 Apr 1929 Karl Benz	science	death Karl Benz Karl Benz (born 1844), German automotive pioneer and mechanical engineer.	0
04 Apr 1968 United States	science	United States United States theatrical release of Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, based on a story by Arthur C. Clarke.	0
04 Apr 1969 Denton Cooley	science	Denton Cooley (medicine) Surgeons Denton Cooley and Domingo Liotta implant the first temporary artificial heart.	0
04 Apr 1975 Bill Gates	science	Bill Gates (computer science) Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a company at this time called Micro Soft in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to develop and sell BASIC interpreter software for the Altair 8800.	0

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