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Science on the 26th of May in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
26 May 1518 Transit	science	Transit (astronomy) A Transit of Venus occurs.	0
26 May 1552 Sebastian Münster	science	death Sebastian Münster Sebastian Münster, German cartographer and cosmographer (born 1488)	0
26 May 1667 Abraham de Moivre	science	birth Abraham de Moivre Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (died 1754)	0
26 May 1669 Sébastien Vaillant	science	birth Sébastien Vaillant Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (died 1722)	0
26 May 1733 flying shuttle	science	flying shuttle (inventions) The flying shuttle loom is patented by John Kay, making weaving faster and increasing demand for yarn.	0
26 May 1826 Richard Carrington	science	birth Richard Carrington Richard Carrington (died 1875), English astronomer.	0
26 May 1837 Washington Roebling	science	birth Washington Roebling Washington Roebling (died 1926), civil engineer.	0
26 May 1849 Ernst Remak	science	birth Ernst Remak Ernst Remak (died 1911), German neurologist.	0
26 May 1881 Jakob Bernays	science	death Jakob Bernays Jakob Bernays (born 1824), German philologist.	0
26 May 1902 Almon Strowger	science	death Almon Strowger Almon Strowger (born 1839), telecommunications engineer.	0
26 May 1922 Ernest Solvay	science	death Ernest Solvay Ernest Solvay, (born 1838), chemist.	0
26 May 1928 Jack Kevorkian	science	birth Jack Kevorkian Jack Kevorkian (died 2011), American pathologist, advocate of euthanasia.	0
26 May 1940 Igor Sikorsky	science	Igor Sikorsky (technology) First free flight of Igor Sikorsky's Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 helicopter, in the United States.	0
26 May 1948 George Newman	science	death George Newman Sir George Newman (born 1870), English public health physician.	0
26 May 1949 Ward Cunningham	science	birth Ward Cunningham Ward Cunningham, American computer programmer.	0
26 May 1951 Sally Ride	science	birth Sally Ride Sally Ride (died 2012), American physicist and astronaut.	0
26 May 1999 Waldo Semon	science	death Waldo Semon Waldo Semon (b. 1898), American inventor.	0
26 May 2002 water	science	water (astronomy and space ) The Mars Odyssey finds signs of huge water ice deposits on the planet Mars.	0

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