On January 18.1977 ; Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. source
On January 18.1977 ; Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
On February 11. 1938 ; BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot". source
On February 11. 1938 ; BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
On February 23.1941 ; Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. source
On February 23.1941 ; Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
On March 24. 1993 ; Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9. source
On March 24. 1993 ; Discovery of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9.
On April 7.1827 ; John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year. source
On April 7.1827 ; John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
On April 25.1983 ; Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit. source
On April 25.1983 ; Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
On April 29.1997 ; The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories. source
On April 29.1997 ; The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
On May 19.1743 ; Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale. source
On May 19.1743 ; Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale.
On July 4.1934 ; Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design that would later be used in the atomic bomb. source
On July 4.1934 ; Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design that would later be used in the atomic bomb.
On July 8.2011 ; Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program. source
On July 8.2011 ; Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
On 7 March 2009, marine scientists in the Philippines discovered what is believed to be the smallest living specimen of the whale shark.