Today in Space and Science History: May 11

May 11 1752 – German scientist Johann Freidrich Blumenbach born https://amzn.to/3y2JwfN
May 11 1781 – The Sombrero Galaxy is discovered https://amzn.to/3bj1jpa
May 11 1871 – American astronomer Frank Schlesinger born https://amzn.to/3bebY4D
May 11 1875 – American aviation pioneer Harriet Quimby born https://amzn.to/3bB8VUr
May 11 1881 – Austro-Hungarian scientist Theodore von Kármán born https://amzn.to/3eENBzf
May 11 1918 – American physicist Richard Feynman born https://amzn.to/3o7XOaq
May 11 1924 – British astronomer Antony Hewish born https://amzn.to/33wAY2G
May 11 1930 – Dutch computer scientist Edsger W. Dijkstra born https://amzn.to/3tBInID
May 11 1997 – Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in a chess match https://amzn.to/3uzKqya
May 11 2001 – Extraterrestrial bacteria found in a meteorite by University of Naples researchers https://amzn.to/3f9TeEy

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