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August 1, 1774
English theologian and scientist Sir Joseph Priestly discovers a gas he calls "dephologisticated air," an element later referred to more simply as "oxygen."

January 2, 1888
Washington, D.C. native Marvin Chester Stone receives the first Patent for a drinking straw; it's made from manila paper coated with paraffin wax.

June 30, 1861
The Great Comet of 1861 makes its dramatic appearance in the northern hemisphere. Its head is as big as the moon, and its tail stretches half way across the sky. It passes 13 million miles inside the Earth's orbit.

April 12, 1961
Yuri A. Gagarin becomes the first human to orbit the earth. The 10,400-pound Vostok I carries him around the earth at an altitude varying from 112 to 203 miles. Cosmonaut Gagarin is aloft for 108 minutes.

January 6, 1838
Samuel Morse and his partner, Edward Stokes, give the first public demonstration of Their "telegraph" in a factory in Morristown, New Jersey.

January 13, 1875
A new age of energy begins in America as scientists at Cornell University complete construction of the country's first working "dynamo," a machine to produce electricity more efficiently.

November 1, 1755
Probably the most violent earthquake in history shakes the globe. Centered in Lisbon, Portugal, the quake disturbs an area four times the size of Europe. The shock is felt as far north as Scotland, as far east as Asia Minor, as far south as Morocco, and as far west as the West Indies.

January 2, 1959
The world's first spacecraft, the Lunik I, is launched by the Soviet Union.

January 27, 1880
Thomas Alva Edison of Menlo Park, New Jersey, receives a patent today for his brilliant invention, the incandescent light bulb.

September 5, 1910
Marie Curie, the discoverer of radium, demonstrates the radioactive properties of the substance to France's Academy of Science.

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