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13 Dec 1516
Johannes Trithemius |
death Johannes Trithemius Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (born 1462) |
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13 Dec 1557
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia |
death Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Italian mathematician (born 1499/1500) |
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13 Dec 1565
Conrad Gessner |
death Conrad Gessner Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (born 1516) |
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13 Dec 1642
New Zealand |
New Zealand (exploration) Tasman is the first European known to sight New Zealand. |
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13 Dec 1662
Francesco Bianchini |
birth Francesco Bianchini Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer (died 1729) |
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13 Dec 1783
Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin |
death Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (born 1717) |
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13 Dec 1795
meteorite |
meteorite (astronomy) A meteorite falls to earth at Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the first to be recognised in modern times. |
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13 Dec 1814
Ana Néri |
birth Ana Néri Ana Néri, Brazilian nurse (died 1880). |
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13 Dec 1816
Werner Siemens |
birth Werner Siemens Werner Siemens, German electrical engineer (died 1892) |
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13 Dec 1887
George Pólya |
birth George Pólya George Pólya (died 1985), Hungarian mathematician. |
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13 Dec 1920
Betelgeuse |
Betelgeuse (astronomy) The red giant star Betelgeuse is the first to have its diameter determined by an optical astronomical interferometer, the Michelson stellar interferometer on Mount Wilson Observatory's reflector telescope. |
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13 Dec 1923
Philip Warren Anderson |
birth Philip Warren Anderson Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics |
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13 Dec 1929
Rosina Heikel |
death Rosina Heikel Rosina Heikel (born 1842), Finnish physician. |
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13 Dec 1950
Julia Slingo |
birth Julia Slingo Julia Slingo, English meteorologist. |
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13 Dec 1955
Antonio Egas Moniz |
death Antonio Egas Moniz Antonio Egas Moniz (born 1874), Portuguese neurologist, winner of the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
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