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22 Aug 1607
Bartholomew Gosnold |
death Bartholomew Gosnold Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (born 1572) |
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22 Aug 1647
Denis Papin |
birth Denis Papin Denis Papin, French physicist (died c. 1712) |
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22 Aug 1664
Maria Cunitz |
death Maria Cunitz Maria Cunitz, Silesian astronomer (born 1610) |
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22 Aug 1828
Franz Joseph Gall |
death Franz Joseph Gall Franz Joseph Gall (born 1758), German-born neuroanatomist. |
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22 Aug 1834
Samuel Pierpont Langley |
birth Samuel Pierpont Langley Samuel Pierpont Langley (died 1906), astronomer. |
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22 Aug 1844
George W. DeLong |
birth George W. DeLong George W. DeLong (died 1881), American Arctic explorer. |
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22 Aug 1941
Peter Murray-Rust |
birth Peter Murray-Rust Peter Murray-Rust, British chemist and Herman Skolnik Award winner. |
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22 Aug 1967
Gregory Goodwin Pincus |
death Gregory Goodwin Pincus Gregory Goodwin Pincus (born 1903), American biologist who co-invented the combined oral contraceptive pill. |
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22 Aug 1974
Jacob Bronowski |
death Jacob Bronowski Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British scientific polymath (b. 1908) |
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22 Aug 1976
Luna program |
Luna program (astronomy and space ) Luna program: Luna 24 successfully makes an unmanned landing on the Moon, the last for 37 years. |
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22 Aug 1998
Annular solar eclipse |
Annular solar eclipse (astronomy and space ) Annular solar eclipse |
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