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Science on the 16th of May in history

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Date	Type	Text
16 May 1718 Maria Gaetana Agnesi	science	birth Maria Gaetana Agnesi Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (died 1799)	0
16 May 1741 Jacob Christoph Le Blon	science	death Jacob Christoph Le Blon Jacob Christoph Le Blon, German inventor of four-colour printing (born 1667)	0
16 May 1763 Louis Nicolas Vauquelin	science	birth Louis Nicolas Vauquelin Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French chemist (died 1829)	0
16 May 1782 Daniel Solander	science	death Daniel Solander Daniel Solander, Swedish-born botanist (born 1733)	0
16 May 1805 Christiaan Brunings	science	death Christiaan Brunings Christiaan Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer (born 1736)	0
16 May 1821 Pafnuty Chebyshev	science	birth Pafnuty Chebyshev Pafnuty Chebyshev (died 1894), Russian mathematician.	0
16 May 1830 Joseph Fourier	science	death Joseph Fourier Joseph Fourier (born 1768), mathematician.	0
16 May 1831 David E. Hughes	science	birth David E. Hughes David E. Hughes (died 1900), inventor.	0
16 May 1845 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov	science	birth Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (died 1916), microbiologist, Nobel laureate.	0
16 May 1857 British North American Exploring Expedition	science	British North American Exploring Expedition (exploration) The British North American Exploring Expedition, led by Irish geographer Capt. John Palliser, sets off for a three-year exploration of Western Canada.	0
16 May 1861 John Stevens Henslow	science	death John Stevens Henslow John Stevens Henslow (born 1796), English botanist.	0
16 May 1881 Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway	science	Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway (technology) The Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway, the world's first electric tramway, is opened in Berlin by Siemens & Halske.	0
16 May 1884 Angelo Moriondo	science	Angelo Moriondo (technology) Angelo Moriondo of Turin is granted a patent for an espresso machine.	0
16 May 1901 TS King Edward	science	TS King Edward (technology) TS King Edward is launched at William Denny and Brothers' shipyard in Dumbarton, Scotland. The first commercial merchant vessel propelled by steam turbines, she enters excursion service on the Firth of Clyde on July 1.	0
16 May 1943 Operation Chastise	science	Operation Chastise (technology) Operation Chastise: British Royal Air Force attacks German dams using 'bouncing bombs' designed by Barnes Wallis.	0
16 May 1950 Georg Bednorz	science	birth Georg Bednorz Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize in physics 1987.	0
16 May 1960 Theodore Maiman	science	Theodore Maiman (physics) Theodore Maiman demonstrates the first working laser, a ruby laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories.	0
16 May 1985 British Antarctic Survey	science	British Antarctic Survey (environment) Scientists of the British Antarctic Survey announce discovery of the ozone hole.	0

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