Co-discoverer of the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and one of the founders of the field of planetary science.
Eugene Merle Shoemaker was born on 28 April, 1928
Today's Events: 20 May
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HIV discovery published
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Cosmic microwave background radiation discovered
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First Baskin-Robbins franchise
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Amelia Earhart starts on her transatlantic flight
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First non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic by Charles Lindbergh
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Saturday Evening Post publishes first cover with Norman Rockwell painting
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First traffic ticket in US
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First public display of prototype of Thomas Edison kinetoscope
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Metre Convention held to establish International System of Units
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Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans with copper rivets
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Martin Honeysett Birthday
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Dieter Rams Birthday
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William Hewlett Birthday
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Gardner Fox Birthday
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Emile Berliner Birthday
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Sir William Congreve Birthday
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Eugene Polley Death Anniversary
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Christopher Columbus Death Anniversary