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Date
 |
Topic
|
Science Connection
|
| August 23 |
Philip Emeagwali, Builder of the World's Fastest Computer
|
Physical |
| August 24 |
Avelin Mary Foils Fouling
|
Life |
| August 30 |
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Undersea Explorer
|
Life
Earth |
| September 1 |
Unsinkable Ship Discovered on Ocean Floor!
|
Physical |
| September 6 |
Arctic Flash: "Stars and Stripes Nailed to the North Pole"
|
Earth
Human Body |
| September 14 |
180 Foot Worm Found in Scotland
|
Life |
| September 19 |
5000-year-old Iceman Found Frozen in the Alps!
|
Life
Earth
Human Body |
| September 24 |
Science Giants: Paracelsus
|
Life
Physical
Human Body |
| September 25 |
Yosemite National Park Preserved Forever
|
Earth |
| September 26 |
Happy Birthday to You, Shamu!
|
Life |
| September 27 |
Radar is Used for the First Time
|
Physical |
| October 2 |
Darwin Completes Historic Voyage on HMS Beagle
|
Life |
| October 4 |
Russians Shoot into Final Frontier!
|
Physical
Earth |
| October 14 |
Sound Barrier Broken by Yeager!
|
Physical
Human Body |
| October 15 |
Thrust Supersonic Car Breaks the Sound Barrier
|
Physical |
| October 17 |
Happy Birthday, Mae C. Jemison!
|
Physical
Earth |
| October 21 |
Science Giants: Alfred Nobel
|
Physical |
| October 25 |
The First Electric Watch
|
Physical |
| October 28 |
Science Giants: Jonas Salk
|
Human Body |
| October 29 |
A New Way to Put Out Fires
|
Physical
Earth |
| November 1 |
Destruction from Space!
|
Life
Earth |
| November 2 |
Giant Squid Comes Ashore!
|
Life |
| November 3 |
Dog in Orbit: Laika, Come Home!
|
Earth
Physical |
| November 4 |
Boy King Buried in a Heap of Gold!
|
Life
Physical |
| November 7 |
Science Giants: Marie Curie
|
Physical |
| November 8 |
X-rays Discovered!
|
Physical |
| November 9 |
Florence Rena Sabin, researcher and public health reformer, is born.
|
Human Body |
| November 12 |
Lavoisier Discovers the Elements in Water
|
Physical |
| November 15 |
1,288-year-old Seed Brought Back to Life!
|
Life |
| November 16 |
"Cool" Idea Nabs Award
|
Physical
Human Body |
| November 19 |
Happy Birthday, Eileen Collins!
|
Earth |
| November 24 |
New Theory of Life Published
|
Life
Human Body |
| December 2 |
Enrico Fermi's research group produces a controlled nuclear reaction.
|
Physical |
| December 4 |
Charge of the Electric Cars!
|
Physical |
| December 6 |
Edison Makes a Record-Breaking Record
|
Physical |
| December 9 |
Improved Roller Skate Invented!
|
Physical |
| December 10 |
First Nobel Prize Awarded
|
Life
Physical
Earth
Human Body |
| December 12 |
Marconi Amazes World with Wireless Transmission
|
Physical |
| December 17 |
Coin Toss Shifts Winds of Change
|
Physical |
| December 23 |
Three Inventors Create the First Transistor
|
Physical |
| December 25 |
Snurfer Inspired by Daughter's Antics
|
Physical |
| December 26 |
A New Radioactive Element is Discovered
|
Physical |
| December 27 |
Science Giants: Louis Pasteur
|
Life
Human Body |
| December 29 |
Charles Goodyear, Creator of Vulcanized Rubber
|
Physical |
| January 3 |
Amelia Earhart Takes Flight!
|
Physical |
| January 5 |
Science Giants: George Washington Carver, Jr.
|
Physical
Earth
Life |
| January 7 |
Moon Discovery Changes Ideas about Universe
|
Earth |
| January 11 |
Eight-year-old Girl Receives Patent for Better Baby Care
|
Physical
Human Body |
| January 13 |
Inventor Receives Patent for Plastic Cars
|
Physical |
| January 16 |
Science Giants: Dian Fossey
|
Life |
| January 17 |
Science Giants: Benjamin Franklin
|
Physical
Human Body |
| January 18 |
Commemorating Daniel Hale Williams
|
Human Body |
| January 21 |
Passengers Board Sound-Barrier Buster
|
Physical |
| January 24 |
Striking It Rich
|
Earth |
| February 1 |
The Television Era Begins
|
Physical |
| February 2 |
U.S. Finally Reaches Moon with a Bang
|
Physical |
| February 3 |
The Coldest Day in North America
|
Earth |
| February 5 |
Science Giants: Lafayette Benedict Mendel
|
Life
Human Body |
| February 8 |
Science Giants: Dmitrii Mendeleev
|
Physical |
| February 15 |
Science Giants: Galileo Galilei
|
Earth
Physical |
| February 16 |
Zoological Find of the Century: Living Fossil Pulled from the Sea
|
Life |
| February 19 |
Science Giants: Nicolaus Copernicus, Father of Modern Astronomy
|
Earth |
| February 20 |
Glenn Makes History Again and Again
|
Earth
Human Body |
| February 22 |
Scientists Grow Baby Sheep from Adult Cells!
|
Life |
| February 25 |
Hometown Honors SuperSoaker Inventor
|
Life
Physical |
| March 2 |
Spaceship Carries Message to the Stars
|
Earth
Physical |
| March 4 |
Libby Discovers Time Measurement Atom
|
Life
Physical
Earth |
| March 7 |
Atomic Nucleus Discovered
|
Physical |
| March 9 |
Science Giants: Yuri Gagarin
|
Earth |
| March 10 |
Antonia Novello, Surgeon General of the United States
|
Human Body |
| March 13 |
Science Giants: Joseph Priestley
|
Physical |
| March 14 |
Science Giants: Albert Einstein
|
Physical |
| March 15 |
Clean Electricity
|
Physical |
| March 16 |
Science Giants: Caroline Herschel
|
Earth |
| March 19 |
Mario Molina, Protector of the Ozone Layer
|
Earth |
| March 21 |
Science Giants: Walter Gilbert
|
Life |
| March 24 |
Science Giants: Georgius Agricola
|
Earth |
| March 29 |
Commemorating Chien-Shiung Wu
|
Physical
Human Body |
| April 1 |
The Right Touch: Eleven-year-old Stuns Medical Community
|
Human Body |
| April 3 |
Happy Birthday, Jane Goodall!
|
Life |
| April 5 |
Science Giants: Franklin Chang-Díaz
|
Earth |
| April 17 |
Scientists Send Zoo into Orbit
|
Life
Physical
Human Body |
| April 22 |
Home Planet Gets Its Day in the Sun
|
Life
Earth |
| April 27 |
Talking Gorilla Chats with Humans Worldwide
|
Life |
| April 30 |
Smallest Known Object Announced in 1897
|
Physical |
| May 1 |
Silkworm Surprise
|
Life |
| May 5 |
First American launched into space
|
Earth |
| May 12 |
Commemorating Florence Nightingale
|
Human |
| May 17 |
Better Vision
|
Life |
| May 18 |
Sleeping Volcano Blows Its Top
|
Earth |
| May 21 |
Apollo Astronauts First to Orbit Moon
|
Earth |
| May 22 |
Biggest Earthquake Hits Chile
|
Earth |
| May 26 |
Science Giants: Sally Ride
|
Earth |
| May 27 |
Rachel Carson, Marine Biologist
|
Life |
| May 28 |
Wilderness Club Started
|
Life |
| May 29 |
Einstein's theory of relativity is verified during an eclipse
|
Physical
Earth |
| May 30 |
The first craft to orbit Mars is launched
|
Earth |
| May 31 |
Potato Chips Invented
|
Human Body |
| June 1 |
Thomas Edison Invents First Voting Machine
|
Physical |
| June 5 |
Apple Takes Bite Out of the Computer Market
|
Physical |
| June 7 |
Futuristic Edsel Falls Flat
|
Physical |
| June 10 |
Biro Ballpoint Pen was Patented
|
Physical |
| June 11 |
Jacques Cousteu, Famous Ocean Explorer
|
Earth |
| June 16 |
First Woman Travels to Space
|
Earth |
| June 26 |
Army Completes First In–flight Refueling
|
Physical |
| June 28 |
Happy Birthday, Maria Goeppert Mayer
|
Physical |
| July 4 |
NASA Pathfinder Lands on Mars
|
Earth |
| July 6 |
First Rabies Vaccination Given by Louis Pasteur
|
Human Body |
| July 10 |
Live Satellite Broadcasting Introduced
|
Earth |
| July 14 |
Robert Goddard Patents Liquid–Fuel Rocket
|
Physical
Earth |
| July 15 |
Happy Birthday, Jocelyn Bell Burnell!
|
Earth |
| July 16 |
The Dawn of the Atomic Era
|
Physical |
| July 17 |
Nuclear Power Provides Electricity for City
|
Physical |
| July 20 |
World Watches Men on the Moon
|
Earth |
| July 21 |
Grissom become second American in space
|
Earth |
| July 25 |
Rosalind Elsie Franklin, Molecular Biologist
|
Life |
| July 29 |
NASA Established to Explore Space
|
Earth |
| August 1 |
Maria Mitchell, Noted American Astronomer
|
Earth |
| August 17 |
The Hottest Streak Ever!
|
Earth |
| August 23 |
Philip Emeagwali, Builder of the World's Fastest Computer
|
Physical |
| August 24 |
Avelin Mary Foils Fouling
|
Life |
| August 30 |
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Undersea Explorer
|
Life
Earth |
