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30 Dec 1644
Jan Baptist van Helmont |
death Jan Baptist van Helmont Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (born 1579) |
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30 Dec 1695
Samuel Morland |
death Samuel Morland Samuel Morland, English inventor (born 1625) |
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30 Dec 1775
John Arnold |
John Arnold (technology) John Arnold takes out his first patent for improvements in the construction of marine chronometers in Britain, including the first for a compensation balance. |
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30 Dec 1902
Discovery Expedition |
Discovery Expedition (exploration) Discovery Expedition: Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82°S. |
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30 Dec 1924
Yvonne Brill |
birth Yvonne Brill Yvonne Brill, Canadian scientist best known for her work developing rocket and jet propulsion technologies (died 2013) |
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30 Dec 1948
Randy Schekman |
birth Randy Schekman Randy Schekman, American cell biologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
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30 Dec 1964
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt |
death Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (born 1885), German neuropathologist. |
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