| Date | Text | |
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19 Dec 1714
John Winthrop |
birth John Winthrop John Winthrop, American astronomer (died 1779) |
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19 Dec 1741
Vitus Bering |
death Vitus Bering Vitus Bering, Danish-born explorer (born 1681) (on Bering Island) |
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19 Dec 1790
William Edward Parry |
birth William Edward Parry William Edward Parry, English Arctic explorer (died 1855) |
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19 Dec 1813
Thomas Andrews |
birth Thomas Andrews Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist (died 1885) |
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19 Dec 1829
Charles Wheatstone |
Charles Wheatstone (technology) Charles Wheatstone patents the concertina in Britain. |
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19 Dec 1863
Linoleum |
Linoleum (technology) Linoleum patented in the United Kingdom. |
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19 Dec 1903
George Davis Snell |
birth George Davis Snell George Davis Snell (died 1996), American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist. |
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19 Dec 1915
Alois Alzheimer |
death Alois Alzheimer Alois Alzheimer (born 1864), German neuroscientist. |
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19 Dec 1952
Colonel Sir Charles Arden-Close |
death Colonel Sir Charles Arden-Close Colonel Sir Charles Arden-Close (born 1865), British cartographer. |
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19 Dec 2002
Clozapine |
Clozapine (medicine) Clozapine is the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration for reducing the risk of suicidal behaviour. |
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