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| NEWSLETTER - JULY 28 |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on July 28. 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. |
| Quotations for Today |
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| QUIZ |
| Births |
| Jacques Piccard, born 28 Jul 1922, was a Swiss oceanic engineer who helped his father, Auguste Piccard, build the bathyscaphe for deep-sea exploration. In 1960, he made deepest ocean dive. What depth was reached in the ocean in 1960? |
| Earl Tupper, born 28 Jul 1907, was the American inventor of a flexible, lightweight material that was used to make plastic gas masks during World War II. He then turned his attention to its use in consumer products. What consumer product did he invent? |
| Deaths |
| Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996) was an American naturalist, author, conservationist, and wildlife artist whose field books did much in the United States and Europe to stimulate public interest. What animals were the object of his study? |
| Events |
| On 28 Jul 1586, Sir Thomas Harriot introduced a new vegetable to Europe. What was the new vegetable? |
| On 28 Jul of a certain year, fingerprints were used as a means of identification for the first time. In what decade did this first identification by fingerprints take place? |
| 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 July 28 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for July 27: haemin; lead; John Dalton; insulin; the decade including the year 1888; Atlantic Ocean. |
| Feedback |
| If you enjoy this newsletter, the website, or wish to offer encouragement or ideas, please write. |
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