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Radar
1996
Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93
1992
Robert Morris Page, U.S. physicist (radar), dies at 88
1978
U.S. launches Pioneer Venus 1; produces 1st global radar map of Venus
1973
Robert A Watson-Watt, England, physicist (radar), dies at 81
1959
Radar 1st bounced off Sun from Stanford, California
1959
1st known radar contact is made with Venus
1948
Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer, Golden Earring, Radar Love
1947
Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated
1946
1st radar installation aboard a coml ship installed
1946
U.S. Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar, NJ
1940
Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts
1938
1st passenger ship equipped with radar
1935
Sir Watson-Watt patents RADAR
1934
Rudolf Kuhnold demonstrates radar in Kiel Germany
1934
Test of practical radar apparatus made by Rudolf Kuhnold in Germany
1930
1st radar detection of planes, Anacostia DC
1903
Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot
1897
John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist, Radar, Nobel 1951
1892
Robert A. Watson-Watt, England, physicist, radar
1884
Otto Bohm, born in Prussia, scientist, helped create England Radar
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