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Science on the 24th of September in history

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Date	Type	Text
24 Sep 1501 Gerolamo Cardano	science	birth Gerolamo Cardano Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician and physician (died 1576)	0
24 Sep 1541 Paracelsus	science	death Paracelsus Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist and physician (born 1493)	0
24 Sep 1544 Valerius Cordus	science	death Valerius Cordus Valerius Cordus, German physician and botanist (born 1515).	0
24 Sep 1651 Étienne Pascal	science	death Étienne Pascal Étienne Pascal, French mathematician (born 1588)	0
24 Sep 1715 Wilhelm Homberg	science	death Wilhelm Homberg Wilhelm Homberg, Dutch chemist working in France (born 1652)	0
24 Sep 1766 John Farey, Sr.	science	birth John Farey, Sr. John Farey, Sr., English geologist (died 1826)	0
24 Sep 1884 Smeaton's Tower	science	Smeaton's Tower (other s) Smeaton's Tower opened to the public on Plymouth Hoe as a monument to the history of civil engineering.	0
24 Sep 1891 W. F. Friedman	science	birth W. F. Friedman W. F. Friedman (died 1969), Bessarabian-born cryptanalyst.	0
24 Sep 1895 Hermann Hellriegel	science	death Hermann Hellriegel Hermann Hellriegel (born 1831), German agricultural chemist who discovered the mechanism by which leguminous plants assimilate the free nitrogen of the atmosphere.	0
24 Sep 1905 Severo Ochoa	science	birth Severo Ochoa Severo Ochoa (died 1993), biochemist, Nobel laureate	0
24 Sep 1924 Alexandre Lacassagne	science	death Alexandre Lacassagne Alexandre Lacassagne, French forensic scientist (born 1843)	0
24 Sep 1929 Jimmy Doolittle	science	Jimmy Doolittle (aviation) Jimmy Doolittle takes off, flies over a set course, and lands by flight instruments alone.	0
24 Sep 1969 Warren Sturgis McCulloch	science	death Warren Sturgis McCulloch Warren Sturgis McCulloch (born 1898), American neurophysiologist and cybernetician.	0
24 Sep 2004 Université Joseph Fourier	science	Université Joseph Fourier (physics) Physicists from the Université Joseph Fourier and the Institut Laue–Langevin in Grenoble, France announce the discovery of a solution (a-cyclodextrine, water, and 4-methylpyridine) that changes from liquid to solid when heated, and melts again when cooled down.	0

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