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Science on the 27th of June in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
27 Jun 1740 John Latham	science	birth John Latham John Latham, physician, naturalist, "grandfather of Australian ornithology" (died 1837)	0
27 Jun 1787 Thomas Say	science	birth Thomas Say Thomas Say (died 1834), American naturalist.	0
27 Jun 1806 Augustus De Morgan	science	birth Augustus De Morgan Augustus De Morgan, British logician (died 1871)	0
27 Jun 1831 Sophie Germain	science	death Sophie Germain Sophie Germain (born 1776), mathematician.	0
27 Jun 1839 Allan Cunningham	science	death Allan Cunningham Allan Cunningham (born 1791), English botanist and explorer.	0
27 Jun 1865 John Monash	science	birth John Monash John Monash (died 1931), Australian civil engineer and General.	0
27 Jun 1892 Carl Schorlemmer	science	death Carl Schorlemmer Carl Schorlemmer (born 1834), organic chemist.	0
27 Jun 1918 George Mary Searle	science	death George Mary Searle George Mary Searle (born 1839), astronomer.	0
27 Jun 1929 color television	science	color television (communications) The first public demonstration of color television is held by Herbert E. Ives and colleagues at AT&T's Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York. The first images are a bouquet of roses and an American flag. A mechanical system is used to transmit 50-line images to Washington.	0
27 Jun 1957 Medical Research Council (UK)	science	Medical Research Council (UK) (medicine) A report by the Medical Research Council (UK) reveals evidence to support a link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer.	0
27 Jun 1975 Geoffrey Taylor	science	death Geoffrey Taylor Sir Geoffrey Taylor (b. 1886), English physicist.	0

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