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1997 Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time
1988 Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) 1985 Charles F Richter, U.S. seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 1973 Angels outfielder Bobby Valentine breaks his leg trying to scale wall to prevent a Dick Green home run during a 5-4 loss to the A's 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1957 1st U.S. large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn) 1957 Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1956 England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1948 Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt 1941 Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1931 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1900 Charles Richter, born in Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist, Richter scale 1824 Kelvin, William Thomson, British physicist, Kelvin Scale 1774 Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale 1772 John Clais patents 1st scale 1741 Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale 1701 Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor, centigrade temp scale |
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