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15 Jan 1784
![]() Henry Cavendish |
Henry Cavendish (physics) Henry Cavendish's paper to the Royal Society of London, Experiments on Air, reveals the composition of water. |
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15 Jan 1785
![]() William Prout |
birth William Prout William Prout, chemist (died 1850) |
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15 Jan 1834
![]() Frederick DuCane Godman |
birth Frederick DuCane Godman Frederick DuCane Godman (died 1919), lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. |
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15 Jan 1850
![]() Sofia Kovalevskaya |
birth Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofia Kovalevskaya (died 1891), mathematician. |
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15 Jan 1852
![]() Hebrew |
Hebrew (medicine) Nine representatives of Hebrew charitable organizations come together to form what will become the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. |
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15 Jan 1885
![]() Wilson Bentley |
Wilson Bentley (meteorology) American photographer Wilson Bentley takes the first known photograph of a snowflake by attaching a view camera to a microscope. |
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15 Jan 1887
![]() Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. |
birth Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. (died 1969), American conservationist. |
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15 Jan 1908
![]() Edward Teller |
birth Edward Teller Edward Teller (died 2003), Hungarian-born physicist, inventor of the hydrogen bomb. |
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15 Jan 1922
![]() Edward Hopkinson |
death Edward Hopkinson Edward Hopkinson (born 1859), electrical engineer. |
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15 Jan 1966
![]() Sergei Korolev |
death Sergei Korolev Sergei Korolev (born 1907), Soviet space scientist. |
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15 Jan 1997
![]() Kenneth V. Thimann |
death Kenneth V. Thimann Kenneth V. Thimann (b. 1904), English-American plant physiologist and microbiologist known for his studies of plant hormones. |
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15 Jan 2001
![]() Wikipedia |
Wikipedia (computer science) Wikipedia launches on the internet. |
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15 Jan 2006
![]() spacecraft |
spacecraft (space exploration) The Stardust spacecraft successfully completes its primary mission of returning samples of cometary and interstellar dust to Earth. Its sample return capsule touches down safely inside its intended landing area in Utah, close to the Army Dugway Proving Ground. |