January 2000   -   Today in Science History
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Martin Klaproth
Klaproth d.1817
 2
Rudolf Clausius
Clausius b.1822
  3
William Morgan
Morgan b.1906
  4
Louis Braille
Braille b.1809
  5
George Washington Carver
Carver d.1943
  6
Jacques Etienne Montgolfier
Montgolfier b.1745
  7
Nikola Tesla
Tesla d.1943
  8
Stephen Hawking
Hawking b.1942
 9
Caroline Herschel
Herschel d.1848
  10
Robert Woodrow Wilson
Wilson b.1936
  11
Carl Anderson
Anderson d.1991
  12
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Spallanzani b.1729
  13
Oskar Minkowski
Minkowski b.1858
  14
Edmund Halley
Halley d.1742
  15
Edward Teller
Teller b.1908
 16
Dian Fossey
Fossey b.1932
  17
Benjamin Franklin stove
Franklin b.1706
  18
Edward Frankland
Frankland b.1825
  19
James Watt
Watt b.1736
  20
Chancourtois
Chancourtois b.1820
  21
John Fitch
Fitch b.1743
  22
Andre Ampere
Ampere b.1775
 23
Gertrude Elion
Elion b.1918
  24
Morris Travers
Travers b.1872
  25
Robert Boyle
Boyle b.1627
  26
Polykarp Kusch
Kusch b.1911
  27
Samuel Ting
Ting b.1936
  28
Kathleen Lonsdale
Lonsdale b.1903
  29
Allen Du Mont
Du Mont b.1901
 30
John Bardeen
Bardeen d.1991
  31
Rudolf Mossbauer
Mossbauer b.1929
      

  Each person above made a historic contribution to science or invention.
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