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30 Jul 1566
Guillaume Rondelet |
death Guillaume Rondelet Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (born 1507) |
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30 Jul 1641
Regnier de Graaf |
birth Regnier de Graaf Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles, which were later named Graafian follicles (died 1673) |
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30 Jul 1762
William Braikenridge |
death William Braikenridge William Braikenridge, English clergyman and geometer (born 1700) |
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30 Jul 1775
second voyage of James Cook |
second voyage of James Cook (exploration) 3-year second voyage of James Cook completed, the first eastabout global circumnavigation, during which the Antarctic Circle has been crossed three times, Terra Australis shown to be a myth, and Larcum Kendall's K1 chronometer demonstrated to be a reliable timekeeper for the purpose of calculating longitude. |
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30 Jul 1886
Muthulakshmi Reddi |
birth Muthulakshmi Reddi Muthulakshmi Reddi, Indian physician and social reformer (died 1968) |
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30 Jul 1889
Miles Joseph Berkeley |
death Miles Joseph Berkeley Miles Joseph Berkeley (born 1803), English botanist. |
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30 Jul 2003
Volkswagen Beetle |
Volkswagen Beetle (technology) The last old-style Volkswagen Beetle rolls off its production line in Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. |
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30 Jul 2004
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (biology) Marine biologists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute announce in the journal Science the discovery of the genus Osedax, deep sea worms that feed on lipids in decaying whale carcasses. |
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