Short History of Nearly Everything

Discovery of Bacteria

Apr 10, 1683

Discovered by Antoni van Leeuwenboek

First accurate thermometer

Apr 10, 1717

Measurements were in Farenheit, as the thermometer was created by Daniel Gabriel Farenheit

Degrees Celsius

Apr 10, 1742

Temperature measurements converted to celsius by Anders Celsius

Naming of Cloud Types

Apr 10, 1803

Luke Howard "Father of Meteorology", gave names to the different cloud types

First look at a cell's neucleus

Apr 10, 1831

Robert Brown was the first to catch a view of a cell neucleus

Karl Schimper coined the term 'Ice Age'

Jan 1, 1837

Ice Age: period when large areas of Earth were covered in glaciers

First Neadertal discovered

Apr 10, 1848

Had shorter legs and wider body frame compared to homo sapiens

Darwin's Theory

Apr 10, 1858

Alfred Wallace and Darwin created the "Darwin Theory" which is the theory of natural selection as a cause of evolution.

Homo Erectus

Apr 10, 1891

Discovered by Dubois

X-Ray

Apr 10, 1895

X-Ray developed by Wilhelp Roentgen

Electron

Apr 10, 1897

Discovered by J.J. Thomson, negative charged particle that orbits in an atom

Troposhpere

Apr 10, 1902

Discovered by Leon-Philippe Teisserone de Bort after a trip on a hot air balloon.

Theory of Reltivity

Apr 10, 1905

Theory developed by Einstein. Responsible for the equation E = mc2

First Particle Detector

Apr 10, 1911

Created by C.T.R. Wilson. Helps detect high energy particles such as those with radiation.

Gene

Apr 10, 1913

Term gene was introduced and coined, but was not ever used by Mendel who was the biggest scientist behind discoveries in genetics

Neutron

Apr 10, 1932

Uncharged part of an atom discovered by James Chadwick

Invention of the Electron Microscope

Apr 10, 1943

Atomic Bombs

Apr 10, 1945

Creation of atomic bombs that were later dropped over Japan during WWII

Penicillin

Apr 10, 1952

Found to be effective against many diseases and was effectively used.

DNA Structure

Apr 10, 1953

Double helixed structure discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick

Extremophiles

Apr 10, 1965

Discovered by Thomas and Louise Brock. Extremophiles are microbes that can withstand extreme conditions like heat, cold, sulfer oxide, etc. Were first found in a geyser at Yellowstone

Big Bang Theory

Apr 10, 1965

Accepted finally as the explanatioan for the creation of the universe.

Mass Volcanic Grave

Apr 10, 1971

Grave full of fossilized animals found in Nebraska. Grave was caused by the ash of a volcanic explosion.

Buldge at Yellowstone

Apr 10, 1973

Buldge indicated the supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park is still active, contrary to prior belief.

Earliet ancestor of mankind found

Apr 10, 1974

Named it Lucy

Chemosynthesis

Apr 10, 1977

Discovery of living systems that use chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis. As these living systems lived in the depths of the ocean and were never exposed to sunlight.

Universe's Edge Discivered

Apr 10, 1978

Leftover radiation from the Big Bang led to the discovery of the universe's edge by Arno Allan Penzilas and Robert Wilson

Removal of Lead from Gasoline

Apr 10, 1986

After the harmful effects of lead were realized the efforts of Clair Patterson contributed to the final removal of lead from gasoline

Hubble Telescope

Apr 10, 1990

Launched in honor of Edwin Hubble

First spotted asteroid

Apr 10, 1991

Was named 1991 BA, spotted near Venus

Yellowstone Volcanic Observatory

Apr 10, 2000

Opened to maintain watch over Yellowstone National Parks's supervolcano and research other world volcanoes.

Age of Earth Determined

Apr 10, 2003

A NASA satellite was used to determine the offical age of the Earth at 13.7 billion years old