Page 4: Events Dates
Important science and technology events.
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World’s first nuclear power plant generates electricity
EBR-1 becomes the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity on 20 December 1951. [more...]
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Apollo 17 returns to earth
Apollo 17 returned to Earth on 19 December 1972. It is the last manned flight to the moon. [more...]
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Olive Oyl makes her debut
Olive Oyl made her debut on 19 December 1919 in E. C. Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre. [more...]
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First version of Perl programming language released
First version of Perl was released by Larry Wall on 18 December 1987. [more...]
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Saturn’s moon Epimetheus discovered
Richard Walker discovered Epimetheus, a moon of planet Saturn, on 18 December 1966. [more...]
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World’s first communication satellite launched
The world's first communications satellite was launched on 18 December 1958. It was Project SCORE. [more...]
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First supersonic flight by SpaceShipOne
First supersonic powered flight by SpaceShipOne was on 17 December 2003. [more...]
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Project Blue Book closed
The United States Air Force shut down Project Blue Book on 17 December 1969. [more...]
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Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn
German chemist Otto Hahn discovered nuclear fission on 17 December 1938. [more...]
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World’s first powered flight
The world's first powered flight was by the Wright brothers on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. [more...]
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Aztec calendar stone discovered
Aztec calendar stone was discovered on 17 December 1790. [more...]
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200 millionth song downloaded from iTunes
200 millionth song was downloaded from Apple iTunes by Ryan Alekman on 16 December 2004. [more...]
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