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24 May 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus |
death Nicolaus Copernicus Nicolaus Copernicus (born 1473), Polish astronomer. |
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24 May 1686
Gabriel Fahrenheit |
birth Gabriel Fahrenheit Gabriel Fahrenheit, physicist and inventor (died 1736) |
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24 May 1757
William Charles Wells |
birth William Charles Wells William Charles Wells, Scottish American physician (died 1817) |
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24 May 1794
William Whewell |
birth William Whewell William Whewell, scientist, philosopher, and historian of science (died 1866) |
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24 May 1803
Charles Lucien Bonaparte |
birth Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Bonaparte, naturalist (died 1857) |
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24 May 1847
Dee bridge disaster |
Dee bridge disaster (technology) The Dee bridge disaster: a cast iron girder bridge across the river Dee at Chester, England, designed by Robert Stephenson for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, collapses under a Shrewsbury and Chester Railway train with five fatalities. |
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24 May 1876
Challenger expedition |
Challenger expedition (exploration) End of the Challenger expedition. |
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24 May 1883
Brooklyn Bridge |
Brooklyn Bridge (technology) Brooklyn Bridge opens to traffic in New York. Designed by John A. Roebling with project management assisted by his wife Emily, its main suspension span of 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.31 m) exceeds the previous record by 330 feet (100 m), and will not be surpassed for twenty years. |
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24 May 1911
Ernst Remak |
death Ernst Remak Ernst Remak (born 1849), German neurologist. |
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24 May 1949
Tomaž Pisanski |
birth Tomaž Pisanski Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician. |
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24 May 1962
Scott Carpenter |
Scott Carpenter (astronomy and space ) Mercury program: Scott Carpenter becomes the second American to orbit the Earth aboard Aurora 7. |
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24 May 1984
Stanley Hooker |
death Stanley Hooker Sir Stanley Hooker (b. 1907), English aeronautical engineer. |
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