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MAR
7 (1986)
[West Berlin, GER] First artificial heart implant ever done (in
polyurethane).
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MAR 8
(1983)
IBM
launches the DOS 2.0 operating system. |
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MAR 9
(1979)
The first extraterrestrial volcano is discovered (at Io, one of
Jupiter's satellites). |
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MAR 10
(1977)
Indonesia sets in orbit the satellite
Palapa
2,
continuing in this way the settlement of its domestic telecommunication
network. |
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MAR 11
(1951)
[Havana, Cuba] Radiocentro Building and CMQ TV station
are
inaugurated. |
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MAR 12
(1913)
Canberra becomes the capital of Australia when the
foundation stone of the Federal Parliament building is laid. |
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MAR 13
(1986)
Giotto space probe approaches less than 500 Km from comet
Halley’s nucleus, which is considered a great success in European
science. |
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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. |
