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23 May 1541
![]() French |
French (exploration) French explorer Jacques Cartier departs from Saint-Malo on his third voyage. |
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23 May 1707
![]() Carolus Linnaeus |
birth Carolus Linnaeus Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish naturalist (died 1778) |
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23 May 1718
![]() William Hunter |
birth William Hunter William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (died 1783) |
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23 May 1725
![]() Robert Bakewell |
birth Robert Bakewell Robert Bakewell, English agriculturalist and geneticist (died 1795) |
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23 May 1734
![]() Franz Mesmer |
birth Franz Mesmer Franz Mesmer, German physician (died 1815) |
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23 May 1790
![]() Jules Dumont d'Urville |
birth Jules Dumont d'Urville Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer (died 1842) |
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23 May 1822
![]() Deptford Dockyard |
Deptford Dockyard (technology) HMS Comet launched at Deptford Dockyard in the United Kingdom, the first steamboat commissioned by the Royal Navy. |
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23 May 1844
![]() Abdu'l-Baha |
birth Abdu'l-Baha Abdu'l-Baha (died 1921 advanced the compatibility of science and religion and encouraged many scientific and technological developments]]. |
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23 May 1848
![]() Otto Lilienthal |
birth Otto Lilienthal Otto Lilienthal (died 1896), German aviation pioneer. |
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23 May 1850
![]() George Claridge Druce |
birth George Claridge Druce George Claridge Druce (died 1932), botanist. |
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23 May 1857
![]() Augustin Louis Cauchy |
death Augustin Louis Cauchy Augustin Louis Cauchy (born 1789), French mathematician. |
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23 May 1908
![]() John Bardeen |
birth John Bardeen John Bardeen (died 1991), American physicist, co-inventor of the transistor. Only physicist to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics twice. |
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23 May 1931
![]() Aldred Scott Warthin |
death Aldred Scott Warthin Aldred Scott Warthin (born 1867), American cancer geneticist. |
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23 May 1934
![]() Robert Moog |
birth Robert Moog Robert Moog (died 2005), American pioneer of electronic music. |
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23 May 1995
![]() Java programming language |
Java programming language (computer science) The Java programming language is announced to the world. |
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23 May 1996
![]() Göran Kropp |
Göran Kropp (exploration) Swede Göran Kropp reaches Mount Everest summit alone without oxygen after having bicycled there from Sweden. |