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2002 Frank Inn, Hollywood animal trainer, discovered Benji, dies at 86
1997 Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1997 Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto in 1930, dies at 90 1997 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 1995 Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) 1994 Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered 1989 Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium 1989 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1988 Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 1987 Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered 1984 Hepatitis virus is discovered 1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1984 Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1979 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter 1977 Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered 1977 Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO 1975 Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina 1973 Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1968 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam 1961 U.S. element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered 1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 1956 A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') 1955 Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany 1953 "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1947 Military coup discovered in France 1945 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log 1943 New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) 1935 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1933 Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett 1932 Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come 1927 Giant Panda discovered, China 1926 Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1921 Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep 1920 J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies 1918 Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1914 James Van Allen, U.S. physicist, discovered Van Allen radiation belts 1914 Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo 1910 Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea 1908 Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte 1906 Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto 1905 Laszlo Kalmar, born in Hungary, mathematician, discovered mathematical logic, founder, theoretical computer science in Hungary 1905 Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1905 Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine 1903 Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion, Nobel 1950 1901 Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty, Nobel 32 1901 Oil discovered in Texas 1899 Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 1896 Charles Glenn King, biochemist, discovered vitamin C 1896 Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1896 Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson 1894 Norbert Wiener, U.S., mathematician/discovered cybernetics 1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 1891 James Chadwick, English physicist, discovered neutron 1880 John Sutter, U.S. colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 1879 Carl Ramsauer, born in Oldenburg, Germany, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect 1879 Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas 1877 Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall) 1872 Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1867 Marie Curie, French Scientist, discovered radium, Nobel 1903, 1911 1864 Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana 1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1859 Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered 1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada 1856 Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906 1852 Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity, Nobel 1903 1852 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 1851 Gold fields discovered in Australia 1851 Yosemite Valley discovered in California 1850 Gold discovered in Oregon, Rogue River 1849 Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization 1848 Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England) 1846 Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1845 Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, born in Germany, discovered X-rays, Nobel 1901 1844 Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains 1840 Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim) 1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars 1834 Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements 1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft 1829 Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos 1829 August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring 1822 F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1820 Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer 1818 James Prescott Joule, physicist, discovered conservation of energy 1815 1st natural gas well in U.S. is discovered 1814 Galen Clark, U.S., naturalist and discovered Mariposa Grove 1812 Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune. 1809 Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution, 'Origin of Species' 1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1794 Honolulu Harbor discovered 1792 Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray 1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor 1790 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1787 George Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1781 Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1778 Hunphry Davy, English chemist, discovered some elements 1778 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Captain Cook 1776 Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named process of osmosis 1763 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium 1760 Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, discovered yttrium 1758 Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids, Pallas and Vesta 1749 Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination 1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1738 F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1733 Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen 1731 Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist, discovered hydrogen 1728 James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered 1659 Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56 1658 Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered 1642 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman 1629 Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings 1602 Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold 1597 Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies 1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer, discovered sunspots 1578 William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1542 Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast 1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon 1494 Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago" 1492 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas |
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