Today In Science History, The people and events of today

2008 is the 50th anniversary of the first integrated circuit, demonstrated on 12 Sep 1958 by its inventor, Jack Kilby, to his supervisor at Texas Instruments.
2008 is the 100th anniversary of the first major Middle East oil strike made on 26 May 1908 at Masjid-i-Suleiman, Persia.
2008 is the 200th anniversaries of the first isolation of the elements barium, strontium, calcium and magnesium, by Humphry Davy in England.


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