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Science on the 28th of June in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
28 Jun 1607 Domenico Fontana	science	death Domenico Fontana Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (born 1543)	0
28 Jun 1824 Paul Broca	science	birth Paul Broca Paul Broca (died 1880), anthropologist.	0
28 Jun 1873 Alexis Carrel	science	birth Alexis Carrel Alexis Carrel (died 1942), French surgeon, biologist and winner of a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	0
28 Jun 1875 Henri Lebesgue	science	birth Henri Lebesgue Henri Lebesgue (died 1941), French mathematician	0
28 Jun 1889 Maria Mitchell	science	death Maria Mitchell Maria Mitchell (born 1818), American astronomer.	0
28 Jun 1911 Nakhla meteorite	science	Nakhla meteorite (astronomy and space ) The Nakhla meteorite (from Mars) lands in the area of Alexandria, Egypt, purportedly killing a dog.	0
28 Jun 1928 Harold Evans	science	birth Harold Evans Harold Evans, English editor.	0
28 Jun 1938 ton	science	ton (astronomy) A 450-ton meteorite strikes the earth in an empty field near Chicora, Pennsylvania.	0
28 Jun 1941 President of the United States	science	President of the United States (physics) President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8807 creating the Office of Scientific Research and Development with Vannevar Bush as its director. The office is charged with production of an atomic bomb.	0
28 Jun 1948 Kenneth Alan Ribet	science	birth Kenneth Alan Ribet Kenneth Alan Ribet, American mathematician.	0
28 Jun 1974 Vannevar Bush	science	death Vannevar Bush Vannevar Bush, American science administrator (b. 1890)	0

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