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26 Aug 1601
Olivier van Noort |
Olivier van Noort (exploration) Olivier van Noort completes his circumnavigation of the world. |
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26 Aug 1723
Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
death Anton van Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of the microscope (born 1632) |
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26 Aug 1740
Joseph Michel Montgolfier |
birth Joseph Michel Montgolfier Joseph Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist (died 1810) |
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26 Aug 1743
Antoine Lavoisier |
birth Antoine Lavoisier Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist (died 1794) |
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26 Aug 1865
Johann Franz Encke |
death Johann Franz Encke Johann Franz Encke (born 1791), German astronomer. |
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26 Aug 1883
Krakatoa |
Krakatoa (earth sciences) Krakatoa begins its final phase of eruptions at 1:06pm local time. These produce a number of tsunami, mainly in the early hours of the next day, which result in about 36,000 deaths on the islands of Sumatra and Java. The final explosion at 10:02am on August 27 destroys the island of Krakatoa itself and is heard up to 3000 miles away. |
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26 Aug 1895
Friedrich Miescher |
death Friedrich Miescher Friedrich Miescher (born 1844), Swiss biologist. |
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26 Aug 1900
Hellmuth Walter |
birth Hellmuth Walter Hellmuth Walter (died 1980), engineer and inventor. |
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26 Aug 1992
Daniel Gorenstein |
death Daniel Gorenstein Daniel Gorenstein (b. 1923), American mathematician. |
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26 Aug 1998
Frederick Reines |
death Frederick Reines Frederick Reines (b. 1918), physicist, Nobel laureate. |
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26 Aug 2004
Susan Hockfield |
Susan Hockfield (appointments) Neurobiologist Susan Hockfield is appointed as President of MIT. |
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