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Science on the 11th of July in history

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Date	Type	Text
11 Jul 1576 Martin Frobisher	science	Martin Frobisher (exploration) English navigator Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.	0
11 Jul 1700 Prussian Academy of Sciences	science	Prussian Academy of Sciences (institutions) The Prussian Academy of Sciences is founded with Leibniz as president.	0
11 Jul 1709 Johan Gottschalk Wallerius	science	birth Johan Gottschalk Wallerius Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1785)	0
11 Jul 1757 Johann Matthäus Bechstein	science	birth Johann Matthäus Bechstein Johann Matthäus Bechstein, German naturalist (died 1822)	0
11 Jul 1763 Peter Forsskål	science	death Peter Forsskål Peter Forsskål, Swedish naturalist (born 1732)	0
11 Jul 1801 Jean-Louis Pons	science	Jean-Louis Pons (astronomy) French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes the first of his 37 comet discoveries.	0
11 Jul 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto	science	Kokichi Mikimoto (biology) Kokichi Mikimoto, in Japan, develops the method to seed and grow cultured pearls.	0
11 Jul 1909 Simon Newcomb	science	death Simon Newcomb Simon Newcomb (born 1835), astronomer.	0
11 Jul 1920 David Challinor	science	birth David Challinor David Challinor (died 2008), American biologist, naturalist, and scientific administrator at the Smithsonian Institution.	0
11 Jul 1941 Arthur Evans	science	death Arthur Evans Sir Arthur Evans (born 1851), English archaeologist.	0
11 Jul 1954 Henry Valentine Knaggs	science	death Henry Valentine Knaggs Henry Valentine Knaggs (born 1859), English practitioner of naturopathic medicine.	0
11 Jul 1962 Telstar satellite	science	Telstar satellite (astronomy and space ) First live transatlantic television broadcast from the United States to Britain, via AT&T's Telstar satellite (launched the previous day) and Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station.	0
11 Jul 1976 Keuffel and Esser	science	Keuffel and Esser (mathematics) Keuffel and Esser manufacture the last slide rule in the United States.	0
11 Jul 1979 atmospheric entry	science	atmospheric entry (astronomy and space ) America's first space station, Skylab, is deliberately allowed to burn up on atmospheric entry over the Indian Ocean.	0

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