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12 Sep 1699
John Martyn |
birth John Martyn John Martyn, English botanist (died 1768) |
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12 Sep 1835
Prussian |
Prussian (technology) A Prussian patent is granted to Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht and Carl Moritz for a valved bass tuba. |
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12 Sep 1874
Redcliffe N. Salaman |
birth Redcliffe N. Salaman Redcliffe N. Salaman (died 1955), botanist |
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12 Sep 1888
Richard Anthony Proctor |
death Richard Anthony Proctor Richard Anthony Proctor (born 1837), astronomer. |
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12 Sep 1897
Irène Joliot-Curie |
birth Irène Joliot-Curie Irène Joliot-Curie (died 1956), scientist. |
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12 Sep 1933
Leó Szilárd |
Leó Szilárd (physics) Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury (London), conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. |
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12 Sep 1958
Jack Kilby |
Jack Kilby (technology) Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit. |
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12 Sep 1981
Chaos Computer Club |
Chaos Computer Club (computer science) The Chaos Computer Club, a European association of hackers, is established in Berlin by Wau Holland and others. |
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12 Sep 2006
International Space Station |
International Space Station (space exploration) The construction of the International Space Station is continued for the first time after a hiatus of almost four years. |
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