MAJOR EVENTS

By Will_Crowley

  • FIRST SUBMARINE

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  • CHARLES DARWIN PUBLISHES 'ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES'

  • FIRST AEROPLANE

  • FIRST USE OF ELECTRICITY

  • FIRST USE OF SONAR

  • ALFRED WEGENER PUBLISHES 'THE ORIGINS OF CONTINENTS AND OCEANS

  • FIRST ROCKET

  • ALEXANDER FLEMING DISCOVERS PENICILLIN AS A NATURAL ANTIBIOTIC

  • FIRST USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY

  • FIRST HELICOPTER

  • HOWARD FLOREY AND ERNST CHAIN PURIFY PENICILLIN

  • FIRST COMPUTER

  • FIRST DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION OF AN OCEAN TRENCH

  • FIRST DEEP-SEA EXPLORATION OF A MID-OCEAN RIDGE

  • JAMES WATSON AND FRANCIS CRICK PUBLISH 'MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS: A STRUCTURE FOR DEOXYRIBOSE NUCLEIC ACID

  • FIRST SATELLITE

  • FIRST MANNED SPACE FLIGHTS

  • WATSON, CRICK AND WILKINS RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR WORK ON THE MODEL OF 'DNA'

  • FIRST MANNED MOON LANDING

  • FINDING THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC

  • FIRST MANNED ROBOT LANDING ON MARS

  • FINDING THE WRECK OF 'HMAS' SYDNEY II