1930 in New Zealand — Population* Estimated Population as of 31 December: 1,506,800 [http://www.stats.govt.nz/NR/rdonlyres/24107FC8 E7B5 4CF2 B17C 15E31CCA7D05/0/HistoricalPop.xls] * Increase since previous 31/12/1929: 20,700 (1.39%) * Males per 100 Females:… … Wikipedia
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1998 in science — The year 1998 in science and technology involved many events, some of which are included below.Astronomy and space exploration* January 6 The Lunar Prospector spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon and later found evidence for frozen… … Wikipedia
2003 in science — The year 2003 in science and technology involved some significant events.Anthropology*March 13 The journal Nature reports that 350,000 year old upright walking human footprints had been found in Italy.Astronomy*February 11 NASA s WMAP satellite… … Wikipedia
1957 in science — The year 1957 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy and space exploration* October 4 Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite* November 3 Launch of Sputnik 2, with a dog called Laika on… … Wikipedia
2007 in science — The year 2007 in science and technology involves many significant events.Astronomy* January 12 Comet McNaught reaches perihelion and becomes visible during daylight. [ 3 March 2007 lunar eclipse] * March 3 March 4 A total lunar eclipse occurs,… … Wikipedia
1967 in science — The year 1967 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy and space exploration*January 27 Apollo 1 destroyed in a fire on the launch pad. *January 27 USA, Soviet Union and UK sign the Outer Space Treaty.… … Wikipedia
1903 in science — The year 1903 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.Aeronautics*First documented, successful, controlled, powered flight of an aircraft with a petrol engine by Orville Wright *Konstantin Tsiolkovsky begins a… … Wikipedia
1844 in science — The year 1844 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.Astronomy* Friedrich Bessel explains the wobbling motions of Sirius and Procyon by suggesting that these stars have dark companions Biology* Gabriel Gustav… … Wikipedia
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