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Science on the 14th of May in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
14 May 1701 William Emerson	science	birth William Emerson William Emerson, English mathematician (died 1782)	0
14 May 1761 Thomas Simpson	science	death Thomas Simpson Thomas Simpson, British mathematician (born 1710)	0
14 May 1796 Edward Jenner	science	Edward Jenner (medicine) Edward Jenner administers the first smallpox vaccination.	0
14 May 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition	science	Lewis and Clark Expedition (exploration) The Lewis and Clark Expedition departs from Camp Dubois and begin their historic journey by traveling up the Missouri River.	0
14 May 1858 David Livingstone	science	David Livingstone (exploration) Dr David Livingstone's 6-year Second Zambesi Expedition, under the patronage of the Royal Geographical Society, arrives at the African coast with the prefabricated iron paddle steamer Ma Robert.	0
14 May 1863 John Charles Fields	science	birth John Charles Fields John Charles Fields (d. 1932), Canadian mathematician.	0
14 May 1881 Mary Seacole	science	death Mary Seacole Mary Seacole (born 1805), Jamaican-born nurse.	0
14 May 1953 Martin Page	science	birth Martin Page Martin Page, English botanist.	0
14 May 1969 Walter Pitts	science	death Walter Pitts Walter Pitts (born 1923), American logician and cognitive psychologist.	0
14 May 1973 United States	science	United States (astronomy and space ) Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.	0
14 May 1975 Ernst Alexanderson	science	death Ernst Alexanderson Ernst Alexanderson (b. 1878), Swedish American television pioneer.	0
14 May 2002 Red wine	science	Red wine (medicine) Red wine is claimed by Spanish researchers to protect against the common cold.	0
14 May 2006 Bruce Merrifield	science	death Bruce Merrifield Bruce Merrifield (b. 1921), Nobel laureate in chemistry (1984) for developing a rapid, automated system for making peptides.	0

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