2003 Hal Clement, science fiction writer/educator, Mission of Gravity, dies at 81
2002 Charles Sheffield, science and science fiction writer, Starfire, dies at 67
2002 Lloyd Biggle, "science fiction, mystery writer", dies at 79
2002 Laurence M. Janifer, science fiction writer, dies at 69
2002 Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79
2002 R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87
2002 Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60
2001 Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86
2000 John Sladek, science fiction satirist, dies at 62
1997 Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70
1997 Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40
1996 Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81
1996 Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64
1996 Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80
1991 Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies
1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science
1988 Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
1987 Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35
1983 Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1983 "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
1974 Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69
1969 Willey Ley, U.S. science writer, dies at 62
1964 Raphael Sbarge, actor, Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf
1963 Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor, My Science Project, Short Circuit
1962 Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center
1960 Kelly LeBrock, born in New York City, actress, Weird Science, Woman in Red
1958 Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science
1955 Bill Nye, the Science Guy, TV Host
1955 Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science
1952 Somtow Sucharitkul, [SP Somtow], Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters
1951 Dean Paul Martin, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Billy-Misfits of Science
1950 John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science
1948 "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time
1944 Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy
1943 Max Wright, Detroit, actor, Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science
1934 David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science
1931 Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council
1929 Jules Verne Berman, space and science reporter, ABC-TV
1928 Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
1928 Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist, Riverworld
1925 John Keith Laumer, [Anthony LeBaron], U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War
1925 Colin Spedding, CEO, Council of Science and Technology Institutes
1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston
1921 Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science
1917 Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival
1915 Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science
1914 New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated
1913 Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight
1910 Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies
1905 Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater
1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans
1902 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon
1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
1895 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)
1889 American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Phila
1886 Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], North Carolina, prophet, Moorish Science Temple
1883 Alfred Korzybski, born in Poland, scientist, Science and Sanity
1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy
1850 Sonya Kurtovsky Kovalevsky, mathemetician, Acad of Science
1839 Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science
1821 Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health
1794 William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science
1780 American Academy of Arts and Science founded
1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography
1773 George Cayley, England, found science of aerodynamics
1708 Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology, Acad of Science
1620 John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography
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