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||1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735) | ||1784 – Torbern Bergman, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1735) | ||
||Torbern Olaf (Olof) Bergman (KVO) (20 March 1735 – 8 July 1784) was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first chemist to use the A, B, C, etc., system of notation for chemical species. | |||
||1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888) | ||1831 – John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888) | ||
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1695: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens dies. He was a leading scientist of his time.
1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.
1766: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey born. He will be an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, now often considered the first modern military surgeon.
1947: The Roswell UFO incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.
1948: Janet Beta at ENIAC "raises more questions that it answers," says director of Project Blue Book.
1960: Pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.