2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hits Nagano, Japan; no deaths were reported, but dozens of people were injured or trapped in their homes, and over 80 people evacuated to a shelter 2014 Event Papua New Guinea is shaken by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake with an aftershock registering at 6.1 on the Richter scale; the quakes were centered off the island of Bougainville 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale strikes 58 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile; though larger than the 6.7 quake on March 16th, scientists expect an even stronger quake in this region in the future 2014 Event Southern California is hit by an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale; the quake originated about 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles near La Habra 2014 Event An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale strikes approximately 40 miles northwest of Iquique, Chile 2013 Event Japan reports on the International Nuclear Event Scale that they've upgraded the leak of radioactive water at the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to Level 3, a 'serious incident' 1997 Event Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time 1988 Event Armenian SSR rocked by earthquake, 8 on Richter scale (55,000 die) 1985 Death Charles F Richter, U.S. seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 1973 Event 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 Event Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die 1957 Event 1st U.S. large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn) 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1956 Event England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens 1948 Event Large scale fighting between Israel and Egypt 1941 Birthday Naomi Uemura, mountain climber, 1st Japanese to scale Everest 1931 Event 1st full scale wind tunnel for testing airplanes, Langley Field, Virginia 1927 Event Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan 1900 Birthday Charles Richter, born in Ohio, Earthquakes seismologist, Richter scale 1824 Birthday Kelvin, William Thomson, British physicist, Kelvin Scale 1774 Birthday Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer, Beaufort wind force scale 1772 Event John Clais patents 1st scale 1741 Event Astronomer Anders Celcius introduces Centigrade temperature scale 1701 Birthday Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor, centigrade temp scale
