2014 Event U.S. NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and John Holdren, White House Science Advisor, announce that President Obama's administration approved extending the use of the International Space Station through 2024 2013 Event A special episode of the British science fiction program 'Doctor Who' called, 'The Day of the Doctor' broadcasts simultaneously to 94 countries in celebration of the show's 50th Anniversary; the broadcast earned a Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama 2013 Event Actor Peter Capaldi, of Scotland, lands the role of the Doctor in the twelfth incarnation of the 'Doctor Who' British science fiction show 2012 Event 'Science' magazine names Higgs boson, the confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle, as the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year 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 Curiosity rover controlled by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory, lands safely on the surface of Mars 2011 Event The robotic Mars Science Laboratory, the largest rover ever sent to Mars, is launched by NASA; the goal is to find evidence of past or present life on Mars 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms 2006 Death John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49 2003 Death Hal Clement, science fiction writer/educator, Mission of Gravity, dies at 81 2002 Death Charles Sheffield, science and science fiction writer, Starfire, dies at 67 2002 Death Lloyd Biggle, "science fiction, mystery writer", dies at 79 2002 Death Laurence M. Janifer, science fiction writer, dies at 69 2002 Death Damon Knight, science fiction writer/editor/teacher, To Serve Man, dies at 79 2002 Death R. A. Lafferty, science fiction writer, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, dies at 87 2002 Death Jack Haldeman, science fiction writer, Perry's Planet, dies at 60 2001 Death Sir Fred Hoyle, "astronomer, science fiction writer", ", coined the term ""big bang"", ", dies at 86 2000 Death John Sladek, science fiction satirist, dies at 62 1997 Death Alan Charig, paleontologist, BBC science show presenter, dies at 70 1997 Death Chico Science Francisco Franca, musician, dies at 40 1996 Death Horace Leonard Gold, science fiction writer/editor, dies at 81 1996 Death Bob Shaw, science fiction writer, dies of cancer at 64 1996 Death Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science, dies at 80 1991 Death Dudley McConnell, headed NASA's Earth Science Division, dies 1988 Event Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1988 Death Neil Ronald Jones, science fiction writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78 1987 Death Dean Paul Martin, actor (Billy-Misfits of Science), dies at 35 1983 Event Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter 1983 Event "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5 1974 Death Truman Bradley, TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69 1969 Death Willey Ley, U.S. science writer, dies at 62 1964 Birthday Raphael Sbarge, actor, Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf 1963 Birthday Fisher Stevens, Chicago, actor, My Science Project, Short Circuit 1962 Event Pacific Science Center opens at Seattle Center 1961 Birthday Greg Egan, born in Perth, Western Australia, author, science fiction, books include, 'Permutation City', 'Diaspora', 'Incandescence' 1960 Birthday Neil Gaiman, born in Portchester, Hampshire, author, science fiction, wrote, 'Good Omens', 'The Sandman' comic book series 1960 Death Ernest Holmes, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine, dies 1960 Birthday Kelly LeBrock, born in New York City, actress, Weird Science, Woman in Red 1958 Birthday Thomas Dolby, born in Cairo, Egypt, rock vocalist, She Blinded Me With Science 1957 Birthday John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?' 1955 Birthday Bill Nye, born in Washington, D.C., comedian, television host, mechanical engineer, host of children's science show, 'Bill Nye the Science Guy' 1955 Birthday Kevin Peter Hall, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, actor, Misfits of Science 1954 Birthday Michael Shermer, born in Glendale, California, science writer, historian, television producer of Fox series 'Exploring the Unknown', founder, The Skeptics Society 1952 Birthday Somtow Sucharitkul, SP Somtow, Thailand, science fiction author, Utopia Hunters 1951 Birthday Dean Paul Martin, born in Santa Monica, California, actor, Billy-Misfits of Science 1950 Birthday John Hughes, director, Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science 1948 Event "Nature of Things" science show premieres on NBC prime time 1944 Birthday Wim Van Drimmelen, Dutch sect Science Council of Government policy 1943 Birthday Max Wright, Detroit, actor, Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science 1942 Birthday Daniel Dennett, born in Boston, Massachusetts, philosopher, atheist, focus of study includes philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, relative to cognitive science and evolutionary biology 1936 Birthday Ian Hacking, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, analytic philosopher, wrote, 'The Emergence of Probability', brings historical approach to the philosophy of science, won Canda's Killam Prize for the Humanities in 2002 1934 Birthday David Hancock, secretary, British Department of Education and Science 1931 Birthday Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1931 Birthday Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1929 Birthday Jules Verne Berman, space and science reporter, ABC-TV 1928 Birthday Eric Ash, rector, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine 1928 Birthday Philip Jose Farmer, Indiana, science fiction novelist, Riverworld 1925 Birthday Brian Aldiss, born in East Dereham, England, science fiction author, 'The Helliconia Trilogy' and 'Hothouse' 1925 Birthday John Keith Laumer, Anthony LeBaron, U.S., science fiction author, Retief's War 1925 Birthday Colin Spedding, CEO, Council of Science and Technology Institutes 1924 Event History of Science Society organized at Boston 1921 Birthday Margaret Gowing, professor, history, science 1917 Birthday Arthur C. Clarke, born in Somerset, England, science fiction author, inventor, wrote '2001: A Space Odyssey' 1917 Birthday Barry Commoner, born in Brooklyn, New York, biologist, Science and Survival 1915 Birthday Alistair Cameron Crombie, historian of science 1914 Event New York Museum of Science and Industry incorporated 1913 Birthday Alfred Bester, U.S., science fiction author, Decievers, Starlight 1910 Death Mary Baker Eddy, founder Christian Science Monitor, dies 1905 Birthday Brian Coffey, born in Dublin, Ireland, poet, publisher, influenced by Catholicism, science and philosophy, surrealism, published in the University Review, established Advent Press 1905 Birthday Laszlo Kalmar, born in Hungary, mathematician, discovered mathematical logic, founder, theoretical computer science in Hungary 1905 Birthday Truman Bradley, Missouri, TV host, Science Fiction Theater 1903 Event American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans 1902 Event 1st science fiction film released, A Trip To The Moon 1899 Event American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress 1895 Event 1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin) 1889 Event American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia 1887 Birthday Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine 1886 Birthday Noble Drew Ali, Timothy Drew, North Carolina, prophet, Moorish Science Temple 1883 Birthday Alfred Korzybski, born in Poland, scientist, Science and Sanity 1874 Event Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 1850 Birthday Sonya Kurtovsky Kovalevsky, mathemetician, Academy of Science 1839 Event Daguerrotype photo process announced at French Academy of Science 1821 Birthday Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health 1794 Birthday William Whewell, British philosopher, History of Inductive Science 1780 Event American Academy of Arts and Science founded 1779 Birthday Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography 1773 Birthday George Cayley, England, found science of aerodynamics 1708 Birthday Albrecht von Haller, born in Switzerland, experimental physiology, Academy of Science 1620 Birthday John Graunt, statistician, founder of science of demography 427 Birthday Plato, born in Athens, Greece, writer, philosopher, mathematician, laid foundations of natural philosophy, science, Western philosophy
