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Science on the 3rd of December in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
03 Dec 1742 James Rennell	science	birth James Rennell James Rennell, English geographer, historian and oceanographer (died 1830).	0
03 Dec 1776 Nicolas Charles Seringe	science	birth Nicolas Charles Seringe Nicolas Charles Seringe, French physician and botanist (died 1858)	0
03 Dec 1787 James Rumsey	science	James Rumsey (technology) James Rumsey demonstrates a water-jet propelled boat on the Potomac.	0
03 Dec 1901 King C. Gillette	science	King C. Gillette (technology) King C. Gillette files a U.S. patent application for his design of safety razor utilizing thin, disposable blades of stamped steel.	0
03 Dec 1904 Jupiter	science	Jupiter (astronomy) The sixth moon of Jupiter, later called Himalia, is discovered at Lick Observatory.	0
03 Dec 1910 Georges Claude	science	Georges Claude (technology) Georges Claude demonstrates the first modern neon light at the Paris Motor Show.	0
03 Dec 1920 William de Wiveleslie Abney	science	death William de Wiveleslie Abney William de Wiveleslie Abney, English astronomer and photographer (born 1843).	0
03 Dec 1931 Alka-Seltzer	science	Alka-Seltzer (medicine) The drug Alka-Seltzer is placed on the market.	0
03 Dec 1967 Christiaan Barnard	science	Christiaan Barnard (medicine) Dr Christiaan Barnard and a team including his brother Marius perform the first successful human heart transplantation, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, on Louis Washkansky, who survives for eighteen days before dying of pneumonia.	0
03 Dec 1973 Pioneer program	science	Pioneer program (astronomy and space ) Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.	0
03 Dec 1994 Sony	science	Sony (computer science) Sony release the PlayStation fifth generation home video game console in Japan.	0
03 Dec 1994 PlayStation	science	PlayStation (technology) The first PlayStation gaming console is released in Japan.	0

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