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08 Sep 1588
Marin Mersenne |
birth Marin Mersenne Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (died 1648) |
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08 Sep 1799
James Bowman Lindsay |
birth James Bowman Lindsay James Bowman Lindsay, Scottish inventor (died 1862) |
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08 Sep 1811
Peter Simon Pallas |
death Peter Simon Pallas Peter Simon Pallas, German-born naturalist (born 1741) |
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08 Sep 1837
Raphael Pumpelly |
birth Raphael Pumpelly Raphael Pumpelly (died 1923), geologist. |
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08 Sep 1894
Hermann von Helmholtz |
death Hermann von Helmholtz Hermann von Helmholtz (born 1821), physicist. |
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08 Sep 1944
V-2 rocket |
V-2 rocket (technology) First operational use of the V-2 rocket, the first ballistic missile. |
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08 Sep 2004
Genesis |
Genesis (space exploration) The Genesis spacecraft returns to Earth with captured solar wind particles, but crash-lands because of a failure to deploy any parachute. |
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