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| NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 15 | |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on August 15. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. | |
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| QUIZ | |
| Births | |
| Louis-Victor de Broglie, born 15 Aug 1892, was a French physicist best known for his research on quantum theory. For this, he was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize for Physics. What was his most famous discovery? | |
| T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence, born 15 Aug 1888, was a British scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during WW I and for his account of those activities in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). In what scientific field was he a scholar? | |
| Deaths | |
| Wiley Post (1900-1935) was one of the most colourful figures of the early years of U.S. aviation, who set many records. In Jul 1933, he made his most famous flight in his Lockheed Vega 5B single-engine aircraft Winnie Mae. He had made his first solo flight in 1926, the year he got his flying license, signed by Orville Wright, despite wearing a patch over his left eye, lost in an oilfield accident. What was this famous flight? | |
| Events | |
| On 15 Aug of a certain year, the Panama Canal was officially opened by an American ship sailing from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. Before the Panama Canal was built, sea trade had to gone all the way around South America's sometimes stormy Cape Horn. In what decade did this official opening occur? | |
| On 15 Aug 1906, a tunnel system, the first in the U.S., began operation underneath Chicago, Illinois. What was the purpose of the tunnels? | |
| In 1877, Thomas Edison suggested a telephone greeting to the president of the Telegraph Company to answer the phone instead of "Ahoy" suggested by Alexander Bell. What greeting did he suggest? | |
| Answers | |
| When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the August 15 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. | |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for August 14: Sodium and potassium; Hans Christian Ørsted; Enzo Ferrari; Frederic Joliot-Curie; the decade including 1820; whiffle ball. | |
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