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Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer (30 May 1907 - 28 November 2007) was a German pilot. Long distance flying was her real passion and in 1931 she seized the opportunity to fly to Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) West Africa on a scientific expedition. She became only the second woman to fly solo from Eu...

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Erich Rudolf Bagge (30 May 1912, Neustadt bei Coburg - 5 June 1996, Kiel) was a German scientist. Bagge, a student of Werner Heisenberg for his doctorate and Habilitation, was engaged in German Atomic Energy research and the German nuclear energy project during the Second World War. Read more

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Eugène Charles Catalan (30 May 1814 - 14 February 1894) was a French and Belgian mathematician. He worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. He gave his name to a unique surface (periodic minimal surface in the space ) that he discovered in 1855. Before...

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Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach, Purbachius, his real surname is unknown) (born May 30, 1423 in Peuerbach near Linz - April 8, 1461 in Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker. Read more

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Johann Heinrich von Mädler (May 29, 1794 - March 14, 1874) was a German astronomer. In 1829 Wilhelm Beer, a wealthy banker, decided to set up a private observatory with a 95 mm refractor telescope made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Mädler worked there. In 1830 they began producing drawings of Mars whi...

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Humphry Ditton (29 May 1675 - 15 October 1715) was an English mathematician. Read more

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Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel. Later, he accep...

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Milutin Milankovic (28 May 1879 - 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, civil engineer, doctor of technology, university professor, and writer. Milankovic gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is th...

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Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician, born in Venice. He is now remembered for the Riccati equation. Read more

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Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 - 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was the first female radio astronomer. Read more

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Ibn Khaldn or Ibn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab historiographer and historian born in North Africa in present-day Tunisia and is sometimes viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics (alongside the earlier Indian sch...

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Sir John Douglas Cóckcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 - 18 September 1967) was a British physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for splitting the atomic nucleus with Ernest Walton, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. Read more

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Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (born c. 1600 - died May 26, 1647) of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. Read more

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Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999. Read more

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William Whewell ( 24 May 1794 - 6 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more

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	Elly Beinhorn (1907 - 2007) (Preview) Elly Beinhorn-Rosemeyer (30 May 1907 - 28 November 2007) was a German pilot. Long distance flying was her real passion and in 1931 she seized the opportunity to fly to Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) West Africa on a scientific expedition. She became only the second woman to fly solo from Eu...	Blobrana	0	May 30 06:14 2012 by Blobrana
	Erich Bagge (1912 - 1996) (Preview) Erich Rudolf Bagge (30 May 1912, Neustadt bei Coburg - 5 June 1996, Kiel) was a German scientist. Bagge, a student of Werner Heisenberg for his doctorate and Habilitation, was engaged in German Atomic Energy research and the German nuclear energy project during the Second World War. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 30 06:13 2012 by Blobrana
	Eugène Charles Catalan (1814 - 1894) (Preview) Eugène Charles Catalan (30 May 1814 - 14 February 1894) was a French and Belgian mathematician. He worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. He gave his name to a unique surface (periodic minimal surface in the space ) that he discovered in 1855. Before...	Blobrana	0	May 30 06:10 2012 by Blobrana
	Georg von Peuerbach (1423 - 1461) (Preview) Georg von Peuerbach (also Purbach, Peurbach, Purbachius, his real surname is unknown) (born May 30, 1423 in Peuerbach near Linz - April 8, 1461 in Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 30 06:09 2012 by Blobrana
	Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794 - 1874) (Preview) Johann Heinrich von Mädler (May 29, 1794 - March 14, 1874) was a German astronomer. In 1829 Wilhelm Beer, a wealthy banker, decided to set up a private observatory with a 95 mm refractor telescope made by Joseph von Fraunhofer, and Mädler worked there. In 1830 they began producing drawings of Mars whi...	Blobrana	0	May 29 06:05 2012 by Blobrana
	Humphry Ditton (1675 - 1715) (Preview) Humphry Ditton (29 May 1675 - 15 October 1715) was an English mathematician. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 29 06:03 2012 by Blobrana
	Louis Agassiz (1807 - 1873) (Preview) Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807 - December 14, 1873) was a Swiss paleontologist, glaciologist, geologist and a prominent innovator in the study of the Earth's natural history. He grew up in Switzerland and became a professor of natural history at University of Neuchâtel. Later, he accep...	Blobrana	0	May 28 06:20 2012 by Blobrana
	Milutin Milankovic (1879 - 1958) (Preview) Milutin Milankovic (28 May 1879 - 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, geophysicist, climatologist, civil engineer, doctor of technology, university professor, and writer. Milankovic gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is th...	Blobrana	0	May 27 23:21 2012 by Blobrana
	Jacopo Riccati (1676 - 1754) (Preview) Jacopo Francesco Riccati (28 May 1676 - 15 April 1754) was an Italian mathematician, born in Venice. He is now remembered for the Riccati equation. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 28 06:19 2012 by Blobrana
	Ruby Payne-Scott (1912 - 1981) (Preview) Ruby Violet Payne-Scott (28 May 1912 - 25 May 1981) was an Australian pioneer in radiophysics and radio astronomy, and was the first female radio astronomer. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 28 04:46 2012 by Blobrana
	Ibn Khaldoun (1332 - 1406) (Preview) Ibn Khaldn or Ibn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH) was an Arab historiographer and historian born in North Africa in present-day Tunisia and is sometimes viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics (alongside the earlier Indian sch...	Blobrana	0	May 27 06:13 2012 by Blobrana
	Sir John Cóckcroft (1897 - 1967) (Preview) Sir John Douglas Cóckcroft OM KCB CBE FRS (27 May 1897 - 18 September 1967) was a British physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for splitting the atomic nucleus with Ernest Walton, and was instrumental in the development of nuclear power. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 26 23:09 2012 by Blobrana
	Alse Young (1600 - 1647) (Preview) Alse Young (sometimes cited as Achsah Young or Alice Young) (born c. 1600 - died May 26, 1647) of Windsor, Connecticut, was the first person in the records executed for witchcraft in the thirteen American colonies. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 26 06:07 2012 by Blobrana
	Ivan Bella (Preview) Ivan Bella (born 25 May 1964 in Brezno, Czechoslovakia (present Slovakia)) is a Slovak Air Force officer who became the first Slovak citizen to fly in space. He participated in an eight-day joint Russian-French-Slovak mission to the Mir space station in 1999. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 25 06:17 2012 by Blobrana
	William Whewell (1794 - 1866) (Preview) William Whewell ( 24 May 1794 - 6 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Read more	Blobrana	0	May 24 06:07 2012 by Blobrana
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