Monday, March 31, 2008

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On this day in 1966, the Luna 10 spacecraft was launched on its history making voyage to become the first man-made object to orbit the moon.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

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On this day in 1891, Arthur Harrington, the inventor of the jeep was born.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

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On this day in 1974, Mariner 10 photographed the surface of Mercury.

Friday, March 28, 2008

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Mothers of the world rejoice for on this day in 1897 Victor Mills, the inventor of the disposable diaper, was born.

Thursday, March 27, 2008

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The man who discovered X-rays, won a Nobel prize and set medicine on a new path Wilhelm Rontgen, was born on this day in 1845.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

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Herman Haupt, civil engineer, manufacturer and inventor, was born on this day in 1817.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

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On this day in 1902 Irving W Colburn patented the sheet glass drawing machine, making the mass production of glass for windows possible.

Monday, March 24, 2008

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Astronomer Walter Baade was born on this day in 1893.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

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Today is the anniversary of the birth of the man who was instrumental in helping humanity reach the moon, Werner Von Braun.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

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Today is the 140th anniversary of the birth of the man whose experiment did more to tax my already poor vision than any other I performed in Physics lab during my undergraduate career, Robert Andrews Millikan.

Friday, March 21, 2008

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Mathematician Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier was born on this day 240 years ago.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

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The father of scientific management, Fredrick Taylor was born 152 years ago today.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

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Nobel laureate Mario Molina celebrates his 65th birthday today.

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

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Today is the 73rd birthday of statistician Ole Barndorff-Nielsen.

Monday, March 17, 2008

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Today is the 72nd birthday of astronaut Ken Mattingly.

Sunday, March 16, 2008

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There is nothing revolting about it. Gerog Ohm was born on this day 219 years ago.

Friday, March 14, 2008

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Today marks the 129th anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein, one of the giants of modern physics. Relatively speaking of course.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

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Breathe easy. Joseph Priestly, the man who discovered oxygen, was born 275 years ago today.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

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Industrialist Clement Studebaker was born on this day in 1831.

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

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Today is the 52nd birthday of astronaut Curtis Brown.

Monday, March 10, 2008

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Astronaut Dr. Laurel B. Clark was born on this day in 1961.

Saturday, March 8, 2008

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Pharmicist and inventor Ignacy Lukasiewcz was born on this day in 1822.

Friday, March 7, 2008

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Feeling playful? Maybe it's because the father of the American playground movement, Joseph Lee, was born on this day in 1862.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

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Today is the 71st birthday of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

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Physicist and master of optics Jaques Babinet was born on this day in 1794.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

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Inventor Garret Morgan was born on this day in 1877.

Monday, March 3, 2008

Sunday, March 2, 2008

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On March 2, 1972, the spaceprobe Pioneer 10 was launched. It had close encounters with Jupiter and Neptune before leaving the solar system. It is now more than seven billion miles from Earth.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

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On March 1, 1966, Venera 3 became the first manmade object to impact another planet's surface when it crash-landed on Venus.