Events
1895 - Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates the first radio receiver.
1952 - The concept for the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
Births
1896 - Pavel Sergeevich Alexandrov, Russian mathematician
1939 - Sidney Altman, Canadian molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
Deaths
1617 - David Fabricius, German astronomer
1941 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist
- Log in to post comments
More like this
Apologies for no Monday Mustelid yesterday. Busy, busy.
Events
1675 - John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal
1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.
1997 - Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research.
2002 - Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits…
Events
1923 - Insulin first became generally available for use by diabetics.
Births
1452 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (above)
1552 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician
1641 - Robert Sibbald, Scottish physician
1707 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
1710 - William…
Births
1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist
1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist
1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist
1894 - Jean Rostand, French biologist
1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist and Nobel Prize laureate (declined)
1895 - Dickinson W. Richards,…
March 4th
1675 - John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England.
1774 - First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel.
1822 - Birth of Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician
1835 - Birth of John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist
1847 - Birth of Karl Bayer, Austrian…