Today in Science (0115)

Events

2005 - ESA’s SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the moon.

Births

1842 - Josef Breuer, Austrian psychologist

1885 - Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician

1895 - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and Nobel Prize laureate

1908 - Edward Teller, Hungarian-born physicist

Death

1804 - Dru Drury, English entomologist