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Science on the 25th of August in history

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Date	Type	Text
25 Aug 1561 Philippe van Lansberge	science	birth Philippe van Lansberge Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (died 1632)	0
25 Aug 1613 David Gans	science	death David Gans David Gans, German Jewish mathematician and astronomer (born 1541)	0
25 Aug 1799 John Arnold	science	death John Arnold John Arnold, English watchmaker (born 1736)	0
25 Aug 1822 William Herschel	science	death William Herschel William Herschel, astronomer (born 1738)	0
25 Aug 1835 Great Moon Hoax	science	Great Moon Hoax (astronomy) The first of six articles on discoveries of living creatures on the moon supposedly made by Herschel and a fictitious companion named Dr. Andrew Grant is published in the New York Sun. This incident is now known as the Great Moon Hoax.	0
25 Aug 1841 Emil Theodor Kocher	science	birth Emil Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher (died 1917), 1909 winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine	0
25 Aug 1850 Charles Richet	science	birth Charles Richet Charles Richet (died 1935), Nobel Prize winner.	0
25 Aug 1867 Michael Faraday	science	death Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (born 1791), English chemist and physicist.	0
25 Aug 1893 Henry Trendley Dean	science	birth Henry Trendley Dean Henry Trendley Dean (died 1962), American dental researcher.	0
25 Aug 1900 Hans Adolf Krebs	science	birth Hans Adolf Krebs Hans Adolf Krebs (died 1981), medical doctor and biochemist.	0
25 Aug 1908 Henri Becquerel	science	death Henri Becquerel Henri Becquerel (born 1852), physicist.	0
25 Aug 1916 Frederick Chapman Robbins	science	birth Frederick Chapman Robbins Frederick Chapman Robbins (died 2003), American pediatrician and virologist, winner of the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.	0
25 Aug 1948 Nicholas A. Peppas	science	birth Nicholas A. Peppas Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemical and biomedical engineer.	0
25 Aug 1956 Alfred Kinsey	science	death Alfred Kinsey Alfred Kinsey (born 1894), American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University.	0
25 Aug 1964 Maxim Kontsevich	science	birth Maxim Kontsevich Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician.	0
25 Aug 1972 Lucien Bull	science	death Lucien Bull Lucien Bull (b. 1876), Irish-born French pioneer in chronophotography.	0
25 Aug 1989 Neptune	science	Neptune (astronomy) The Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, providing definitive proof of the planet's rings.	0
25 Aug 1997 Explorer 71	science	Explorer 71 (astronomy and space ) Launch of Explorer 71 of the Explorer program of spacecraft.	0

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