2015 Event Scientists using geophysical methods to map underground archaeological sites have discovered a set of stone monoliths buried 3 feet deep near Stonehenge; the stones are estimated to be 4,500 years old 2015 Event 90-year-old Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president, announces that he has an unspecified cancer that has spread throughout his body; the cancer was discovered during a recent liver surgery 2015 Event A new birdlike dinosaur, Yi qi, has been discovered in China; the fossils suggest that it lived about 160 million years ago and had membranous, bat-like wings that not been seen in other dinosaur species 2015 Event The remains of Richard III, King of England from 1483 to 1485, are escorted in a royal funeral procession; the remains were discovered in Leicester in 2012 and will be reburied at the Leicester Cathedral 2015 Event Teixobactin, a newly discovered antibiotic, offers hope in treating tuberculosis and infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria; the drug has been effective in rodent trials but has not yet been tested in humans 2015 Event The tomb of an Egyptian queen, Khentakawess III, is discovered by a team of Czech archaeologists; the queen lived during the Fifth Dynasty and was likely the wife of Pharaoh Neferefre 2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser and John O'Keefe, neuroscientists who discovered the brain cells responsible for positioning and navigation memory 2014 Event Fossils of prehistoric bird species Pelagornis sandersi have been uncovered at the Charleston, S.C. airport; the species is the largest-known bird discovered to date, with a wingspan of approximately 24 feet 2014 Event Archaeologists in Patagonia, Argentina, unearth a set of bones that appear to belong to the largest dinosaur yet discovered; the new creature is thought to have weighed 77 tonnes and to have stood around 20 meters tall 2014 Event A shipwreck off of Haiti may be that of the Santa Maria, one of the three ships led by Christopher Columbus; the wreck was discovered about 10 years ago, but has only now been tentatively identified in light of Columbus' writings and other evidence 2014 Event A second dwarf planet is discovered between the Oort cloud and the Kuiper belt, an area previously considered a no-man's land; the planet, 2012 VP-113, measures about 280 miles across; the first, Sedna, about 600 miles across, was discovered in 2003 2014 Event The world's largest virus to date is discovered in 30,000-year-old Siberian ice; the ancient virus is still able to infect amoebae, its target hosts 2014 Event NASA announces that its Kepler space telescope has discovered 715 planets in other solar systems, bringing the instrument's new-planet tally to 961; four of the latest discoveries are thought to have an orbit favorable to habitation, but the distance of these planets makes exploration impossible with current technology 2014 Event Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Opportunity rover landing on Mars; NASA announces the rover has discovered clay minerals indicating water flowed on Mars early in the planet's history 2014 Event A rare, blue, 29.6-carat diamond, one of the most exceptional ever mined at the Cullinan mine, is discovered about 25 miles northeast of Pretoria, South Africa 2014 Event Academics report that a pelvis bone discovered in Winchester 1999 may belong to King Alfred the Great or his son, Edward the Elder 2013 Event Yaya is a new island discovered in the Arctic Ocean's Laptev Sea 2013 Event The LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470 that went off the radar Friday is discovered in Namibia's Bwabwata National Park; all 33 passengers died in the crash 2013 Event If verified, a Buddhist shrine discovered in Nepal that dates to 550 BC could change the date of the Buddha's birthday 2013 Event A private collection of 1,500 works of art plundered by the Nazi's and discovered in a Munich apartment in 2012, has an estimated worth of $1 billion; lost works include paintings by Matisse, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall and Picasso 2013 Event A 1,400 year old treasure, called 'the Ophel Treasure' is discovered near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem 2013 Event In Greenland. a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago 2013 Event The olinguito becomes the first mammal to be discovered in the past 35 years; the adorabel creature is described as a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face 2013 Event The oldest European remains of a white man are discovered in Australia; the Manning River Skull may belong to a man born in 1650, predating the country's history that Captain James Cook was the first to land on Australia's east coast in 1770 2013 Event The first human case of the H6N1 virus is discovered in Taiwan 2013 Event A rare 19th century torpedo is discovered off the coast of California by the US Navy dolphins 2013 Event The oldest water ever found is discovered in a Canadian mine; the water dates back 2.6 billion years 2013 Event The World Health Organization announces that the Novel coronavirus 2012, the newly discovered coronavirus, also referred to as Saudi SARS, can be transmitted from person-to-person contact 2013 Event Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, two planets resembling planet Earth are discovered revolving around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone, an area around the stars whose atmospheric pressure can suport liquid water at the surface 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, a researcher discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tarantula slightly smaller than a dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches 2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2013 Event After measuring its spin and parity, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider firmly believe the particle discovered in July 2012 is a Higgs boson 2012 Event A new species of freshwater fish are discovered; the new species of darter fish, Etheostoma obama, are named after U.S. President Barack Obama 2012 Event For the first time, a browsable, analysable overview of four million functional elements of the human genome discovered to date, are made available to the public in the 'Encyclopedia of DNA Elements' 2012 Event Trogloraptor marchingtoni, an unusual spider discovered in 2010 is determined to be a new family of spiders previously unknown in the world of science; the new spider family has been named Trogloraptor, meaning 'cave robber' 2012 Event The U-550, a sunken German U-Boat, is discovered off the cost of Massachusetts 2012 Event A biblical picture of Samson and a Hebrew inscription is discovered in an ancient synagogue in the Galilee region of northern Israel 2012 Event A missing piece of the Mayan calendar is discovered, proving the Maya didn't believe 2012 would be the end of the world 2012 Event In the Philippines, four new species of freshwater crab are discovered; the crab are bright purple in color 2011 Event A World War II-era bomb is discovered in the German city of Halle; 12,000 people are evacuated 2011 Event A colony of stromatolites is discovered at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland 2011 Event A skull believed to be 20-million years old is discovered in a Uganda; the skull is believed to be from a tree-climbing ape 2011 Event Neptune completes its first orbit of the sun since the planet was discovered in 1846 2011 Event A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields 2010 Event Remains of a human that lived 400,000 years ago are discovered in Israel, challenging the theory that humans originated in Africa 2010 Event A Japanese salmon subspecies, the black kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae) is discovered after being declared extinct in 1940 2010 Event In China, a 2,400 ear-old pot of soup is discovered near the country's ancient capital of Xi'an 2010 Event Authorities searching two homes near Escondido, California, find the largest cache of homemade explosives ever discovered in the U.S. 2010 Event HIP 13044 b, a planet that was formed in another galaxy, is discovered in the Helmi Stream 2010 Event A sophisticated tunnel used by drug smugglers between Tijuana, Mexico and Otay Mesa, California, is discovered by U.S. Border Patrol 2010 Event A substantially large oil field that is estimated to contain between 8 and 15 billion barrels, is discovered off the coast of Brazil 2010 Event A new, though threatened, language known as Koro, is discovered by a team of linguists on an expedition to Arunachal Pradesh, in northeastern India 2010 Event A study suggests the 2010 Haiti Earthquake was caused by newly discovered fault line 2010 Event A car bomb is discovered and deactivated in New York City's Times Square 2010 Event Denisova hominin - a previously unknown type of ancient human, is identified by scientists through DNA analysis from a finger discovered in a cave near Siberia, Russia 2010 Event One year after thousands of children became ill from melamine in milk, new traces of melamine in milk products is discovered in China 2009 Event U.S. Scientists believe to have discovered an antibody that can miminize internal bleeding in trauma victims 2009 Event A new species of a giant carnivorous plant, Nepethes attenboroughii, is discovered in the central Phillipines highlands 2009 Event Buddhist Treasures buried during the 1930's Mongolian Communist Purge, were discovered in the Gobi desert 2002 Death Frank Inn, Hollywood animal trainer, discovered Benji, dies at 86 1997 Event Secretary of State Margaret Albright announces she just discovered that her grandparents were Jewish 1997 Death Clyde Tombaugh, astronomer, discovered Pluto in 1930, dies at 90 1997 Event 1st Comet of 1997 Discovered: Comet 1997 A1 1995 Event Most distant galaxy yet discovered found by scientists using Keck telescope in Hawaii (est 15 billion light years away) 1994 Event Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered 1989 Event Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium 1989 Event 1st complete ring around Neptune discovered 1988 Death Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C), dies at 91 1987 Event Monitor, Civil War warship, is discovered by a deep sea robot 1984 Event 1st planet outside our solar system discovered 1984 Event Hepatitis virus is discovered 1984 Event Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally 1984 Event Centers for Disease Control says virus discovered in France causes AIDS 1983 Event Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1979 Event 1st extraterrestrial volcano discovered on Io, a satellite of Jupiter 1977 Event Paleontologist Elso Barghoorn announces that 3.4-billion-year-old one-celled fossils, the earliest life forms, had been discovered 1977 Event Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO 1975 Event Oldest animal fossils in U.S. discovered in North Carolina 1973 Event Comet (Lubos) Kohoutek discovered at Hamburg Observatory 1968 Event 1st pulsar discovered (CP 1919 by Jocelyn Burnell at Cambridge) 1964 Event Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam 1961 Event U.S. element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered 1961 Death P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 1956 Event A new range of mountains discovered in Antarctica (2 over 13,000') 1955 Death Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany 1953 Event "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax 1947 Event Military coup discovered in France 1945 Event 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweasers from a relay and taped into the log 1943 Event New Quebec (Chubb) Crater discovered in northern Quebec (3 km dia) 1935 Event Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1933 Event Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson and Eric William Fawcett 1932 Birthday Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton, Y'All Come 1927 Event Giant Panda discovered, China 1926 Event Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa 1921 Birthday Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep 1920 Death J Norman Lockyer, English physicist (discovered helium in Sun), dies 1918 Event Nova Aquila, brightest nova since Kepler's nova of 1604, discovered 1914 Birthday James Van Allen, U.S. physicist, discovered Van Allen radiation belts 1914 Event Oil discovered in Lake of Maracaibo 1910 Event Pygmies discovered in Dutch New Guinea 1908 Event Pasiphae, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Melotte 1906 Birthday Clyde William Tombaugh, U.S., astronomer, discovered Pluto 1905 Birthday Laszlo Kalmar, born in Hungary, mathematician, discovered mathematical logic, founder, theoretical computer science in Hungary 1905 Birthday Emilio Segre, born in Tivoli, Italy, physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, discovered antiprotons, a sub-atomic antiparticle and an element used for Fat Man atomic bomb used on Nagasaki 1905 Event Elara, a satellite of Jupiter, discovered by Perrine 1903 Birthday Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion, Nobel 1950 1901 Birthday Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty, Nobel 32 1901 Event Oil discovered in Texas 1899 Event Phoebe, a moon of Saturn is discovered by Pickering 1896 Birthday Charles Glenn King, biochemist, discovered vitamin C 1896 Event Gold discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek, Ala 1896 Event Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson 1894 Birthday Norbert Wiener, U.S., mathematician/discovered cybernetics 1893 Event Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 1891 Birthday James Chadwick, English physicist, discovered neutron 1880 Death John Sutter, U.S. colonist (gold discovered on his land), dies at 77 1879 Birthday Carl Ramsauer, born in Oldenburg, Germany, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect 1879 Event Kirland Warbler discovered on Andros Island in Bahamas 1877 Event Phobos (Martian satellite) discovered (A Hall) 1872 Birthday Roald Amundsen, born in Norway, explorer, discovered South Pole 1867 Birthday Marie Curie, French Scientist, discovered radium, Nobel 1903, 1911 1864 Event Gold is discovered in Helena, Montana 1859 Event Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania and Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone 1859 Event Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered 1859 Event Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada 1856 Birthday Joseph John Thomson, Eng, physicist discovered electron, Nobel 1906 1852 Birthday Antoine Henri Becquerel, discovered radioactivity, Nobel 1903 1852 Death Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist (discovered yttrium), dies at 92 1851 Event Gold fields discovered in Australia 1851 Event Yosemite Valley discovered in California 1850 Event Gold discovered in Oregon, Rogue River 1849 Birthday Oskar Hertwig, Germany, embryologist, discovered fertilization 1848 Event Hyperion, moon of Saturn, discovered by Bond (U.S.) and Lassell (England) 1846 Event Neptune's moon Triton discovered by William Lassell 1845 Birthday Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen, born in Germany, discovered X-rays, Nobel 1901 1844 Event Iron ore discovered in Minnesota's Mesabi Mountains 1840 Event Antarctica discovered, Charles Wilkes expedition (U.S. claim) 1835 Birthday Giovanni Schiaparelli, born in Italy, astronomer, discovered canals of Mars 1834 Birthday Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist, discovered periodic table of the elements 1832 Event Source of Mississippi River discovered, Henry R. Schoolcraft 1829 Birthday Asaph Hall, discovered satellites of Mars, Phobos and Deimos 1829 Birthday August Kekule von Stradonitz, discovered structure of benzene ring 1822 Death F William Herschel, German astronomer (discovered Uranus), dies at 85 1820 Event Antarctica discovered by Nathaniel B. Palmer on the 'Hero', a 47 foot sloop 1818 Birthday James Prescott Joule, physicist, discovered conservation of energy 1815 Event 1st natural gas well in U.S. is discovered 1814 Birthday Galen Clark, U.S., naturalist and discovered Mariposa Grove 1812 Birthday Johann G Galle, German astronomer, discovered Neptune. 1809 Birthday Charles Darwin, England, discovered evolution, 'Origin of Species' 1800 Event Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France 1794 Event Honolulu Harbor discovered 1792 Event Columbia River discovered and named by U.S. Captain Robert Gray 1792 Birthday Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1791 Birthday Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor 1790 Event Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City 1787 Birthday George Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Birthday Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law 1787 Event Titania and Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel 1781 Event Sir William Herschel sees "comet" (really discovered Uranus) 1778 Birthday Hunphry Davy, English chemist, discovered some elements 1778 Event Nootka Sound, Vancouver Is discovered by Captain Cook 1776 Birthday Henri Dutrochet, discovered and named process of osmosis 1763 Birthday Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist, discovered chromium, beryllium 1760 Birthday Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, discovered yttrium 1758 Birthday Wilhelm Olbers, discovered asteroids, Pallas and Vesta 1749 Birthday Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination 1741 Event Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering 1738 Birthday F William Herschel, German/English astronomer, discovered Uranus 1733 Birthday Joseph Priestley, born in England, clergyman and scientist, discovered oxygen 1731 Birthday Henry Cavendish, England, physicist/chemist, discovered hydrogen 1728 Birthday James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands 1700 Event Pacific Island of New Britain discovered 1659 Death Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, New Zealand), dies at about 56 1658 Event Pro-Charles II plot in England discovered 1642 Event New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman 1629 Birthday Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer, discovered Saturn's rings 1602 Event Cape Cod discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold 1597 Death Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen and Bereneil), dies 1587 Birthday Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, astronomer, discovered sunspots 1578 Birthday William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1542 Event Explorer Cabrillo discovered Catalina Island off California coast 1513 Event Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon 1494 Event Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago" 1492 Event Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas
