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Science on the 8th of May in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
08 May 1541 Spanish	science	Spanish (exploration) Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River, naming it Rio de Espiritu Santo.	0
08 May 1654 Otto von Guericke	science	Otto von Guericke (physics) Otto von Guericke demonstrates the effectiveness of his vacuum pump and the power of atmospheric pressure using the Magdeburg hemispheres before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, in Regensburg.	0
08 May 1698 Henry Baker	science	birth Henry Baker Henry Baker, English naturalist (died 1774)	0
08 May 1788 Giovanni Antonio Scopoli	science	death Giovanni Antonio Scopoli Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-Austrian naturalist (born 1723)	0
08 May 1794 Antoine Lavoisier	science	death Antoine Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier, chemist (born 1743) (guillotined)	0
08 May 1842 Emil Christian Hansen	science	birth Emil Christian Hansen Emil Christian Hansen (died 1909), fermentation physiologist.	0
08 May 1842 Jules Dumont d'Urville	science	death Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Dumont d'Urville (born 1790), explorer.	0
08 May 1899 Charles Illingworth	science	birth Charles Illingworth Charles Illingworth (died 1991), English surgeon.	0
08 May 1926 David Attenborough	science	birth David Attenborough David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist.	0
08 May 1960 J. H. C. Whitehead	science	death J. H. C. Whitehead J. H. C. Whitehead (born 1904), British mathematician.	0
08 May 1988 Robert A. Heinlein	science	death Robert A. Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein (born 1907), "hard" science fiction author	0
08 May 1999 Edward Abraham	science	death Edward Abraham Edward Abraham (b. 1913), English biochemist.	0
08 May 2014 Roger L. Easton	science	death Roger L. Easton Roger L. Easton, 93, American scientist, principal inventor and designer of the Global Positioning System (GPS)	0

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