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The year 1926 in science and technology

1 Astronomy and space exploration

• March 16 - Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts

2 Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Jean Baptiste Perrin
  • Chemistry - Theodor Svedberg
  • Medicine - Johannes Andreas Grib FibigerJohannes Andreas Grib Fibiger ( April 23, 1867 January 30, 1928) was a Danish scientist who won the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Fibiger had claimed to find an organism he called Spiroptera carcinoma that caused cancer in mice and rats.
• Copley MedalThe Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. It is also the society's oldest award, the first medal being awarded in 1731. The award was created after a £100 bequest in: Frederick HopkinsSir Frederick Gowland Hopkins ( 1861 1947) was an English biochemist. Hopkins was born in Eastbourne in Sussex, and studied at the University of London and the medical school at Guy's Hospital. He became biochemistry professor at Cambridge University in 1
• Wollaston MedalThe Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology, the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London. The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. It was originally made of palladium, a metal discovered b for Geology: Henry Fairfield OsbornHenry Fairfield Osborn ( August 8, 1857 November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist and geologist. Osborn was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, and studied at Princeton University. He made his first fossil-hunting expedition to Colorado and Wyoming in

3 Births

• January 11January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 354 days remaining (355 in leap years). Events Tony Stott of world war II was born in 1904 532 Nika riots in Constantinople. 1158 Vladislav II becomes King of Bohemia. 1569 First - Lev DeminLev Stepanovich Demin ( Russian: ; born January 11 1926 in Moscow, died December 18, 1998 in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 mission. Demin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Aca (d. 1998See also Other events of 1998 List of years in science. 1997 in science 1998 in science 1999 in science. The year 1998 in science and technology had many significant events, including those listed below. Astronomy and space exploration January 6 The Lunar), cosmonaut.
• April 3 - Gus Grissom (d. 1967), astronaut.

4 Deaths

• March 5 - Clément Ader (b. 1841), engineer and inventor, airplane pioneer.

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