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08 Apr 1541
Michele Mercati |
birth Michele Mercati Michele Mercati, Italian physician and botanist (died 1593) |
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08 Apr 1818
August Wilhelm von Hofmann |
birth August Wilhelm von Hofmann August Wilhelm von Hofmann (died 1892), German chemist. |
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08 Apr 1838
Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (technology) Isambard Kingdom Brunel's paddle steamer SS Great Western (1838) makes the Transatlantic Crossing to New York from Avonmouth, England, in fifteen days, inaugurating a regular steamship service. |
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08 Apr 1838
Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
birth Ferdinand von Zeppelin Ferdinand von Zeppelin (died 1917), founder of the Zeppelin airship company. |
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08 Apr 1839
Pierre Prévost |
death Pierre Prévost Pierre Prévost (born 1751), Swiss physicist. |
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08 Apr 1869
Harvey Cushing |
birth Harvey Cushing Harvey Cushing (died 1939), American neurosurgeon. |
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08 Apr 1871
Francisco Javier Muñiz |
death Francisco Javier Muñiz Francisco Javier Muñiz (born 1795), Argentine physician and paleontologist. |
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08 Apr 1911
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (physics) Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers the phenonomena of superconductivity. |
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08 Apr 1911
Melvin Calvin |
birth Melvin Calvin Melvin Calvin (died 1997), American winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
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08 Apr 1920
John Brashear |
death John Brashear John Brashear, American astronomer (born 1840 in science). |
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08 Apr 1929
Morton B. Panish |
birth Morton B. Panish Morton B. Panish, American physical chemist |
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08 Apr 1936
Robert Bárány |
death Robert Bárány Robert Bárány (born 1876), Nobel Prize winner in medicine. |
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08 Apr 1943
Kiyotsugu Hirayama |
death Kiyotsugu Hirayama Kiyotsugu Hirayama (born 1874), Japanese astronomer. |
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08 Apr 2005
Total solar eclipse |
Total solar eclipse (astronomy) Total solar eclipse |
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