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MAR 14 (1854)
German bacteriologist
Paul Ehrlich
(1908 Nobel Prize for medicine; founded chemotherapy, discovered
Salvarsan, and developed antitoxins for diphtheria) was born on this
date.
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MAR 15
(1994)
MERCOSUR's projected water way begins becoming reality
with the inauguration of two sluices on
Tiete
river (Brazil), exit to the sea of the only Latin American countries
without coast, Bolivia and Paraguay. |
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MAR 16
(1966)
American astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott
perform the first coupling of two space ships while orbiting the Earth. |
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MAR 17
(1950)
[Berkeley University, California, USA] The Californium, chemical
element # 98, was discovered on this date. |
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MAR 18
(1858)
The engineer Rudolf Diesel, who invented the gas oil motors, was born on
this date. |
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MAR 19
(1964)
The Great San Bernardo tunnel, the underground highway
joining Switzerland and Italy, was inaugurated on this date. |
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MAR 20
(1921)
French aviator Adrianne Bolland crosses the Andes ridge; she was the
first woman to perform such achievement. |
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MAR 21
(1999)
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones complete a
round-the-world balloon journey without calling at any place; it took 20
days, 1 hr and 49 min. |
