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27 Jul 1667
Johann Bernoulli |
birth Johann Bernoulli Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1748) |
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27 Jul 1733
Jeremiah Dixon |
birth Jeremiah Dixon Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (died 1779) |
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27 Jul 1844
John Dalton |
death John Dalton John Dalton (born 1766), English chemist and physicist. |
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27 Jul 1849
John Hopkinson |
birth John Hopkinson John Hopkinson (died 1898), English electrical engineer. |
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27 Jul 1866
SS Great Eastern |
SS Great Eastern (technology) The SS Great Eastern successfully completes laying the transatlantic telegraph cable between Valentia Island, Ireland and Heart's Content, Newfoundland, permanently restoring a communications link. |
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27 Jul 1881
Hewett Watson |
death Hewett Watson Hewett Watson (born 1804), English biologist. |
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27 Jul 1917
Emil Theodor Kocher |
death Emil Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher (born 1841), 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
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27 Jul 1921
University of Toronto |
University of Toronto (medicine) Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin. |
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27 Jul 1926
W. David Kingery |
birth W. David Kingery W. David Kingery (died 2000), American materials scientist specializing in ceramic materials. |
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