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23 Jun 1555
Pedro Mascarenhas |
death Pedro Mascarenhas Pedro Mascarenhas, Portuguese explorer (born 1470) |
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23 Jun 1733
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer |
death Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss natural historian (born 1672) |
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23 Jun 1806
Mathurin Jacques Brisson |
death Mathurin Jacques Brisson Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist (born 1723) |
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23 Jun 1822
René Just Haüy |
death René Just Haüy René Just Haüy, mineralogist (born 1743) |
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23 Jun 1881
Matthias Jakob Schleiden |
death Matthias Jakob Schleiden Matthias Jakob Schleiden (born 1804), German biologist. |
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23 Jun 1887
Rocky Mountains Park Act |
Rocky Mountains Park Act (conservation) The Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, creating that nation's first national park, Banff National Park. |
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23 Jun 1894
Alfred Kinsey |
birth Alfred Kinsey Alfred Kinsey (died 1956), American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University. |
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23 Jun 1896
Joseph Prestwich |
death Joseph Prestwich Joseph Prestwich (born 1812), English geologist. |
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23 Jun 1898
Royal Army Medical Corps |
Royal Army Medical Corps (medicine) Royal Army Medical Corps formed within the British Army. |
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23 Jun 1906
Derek Jackson |
birth Derek Jackson Derek Jackson (died 1982), spectroscopist and steeplechase rider (also his twin brother Vivian). |
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23 Jun 1912
Alan Turing |
birth Alan Turing Alan Turing (died 1954), English computer scientist. |
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23 Jun 1986
LISTSERV |
LISTSERV (computer science) Eric Thomas develops LISTSERV, the first email list management software. |
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23 Jun 1991
video game |
video game (computer science) The video game Sonic the Hedgehog is first released, propelling the Sega Genesis 16-bit console into mass popularity. |
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23 Jun 1995
Jonas Salk |
death Jonas Salk Jonas Salk (b. 1914), American medical researcher. |
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