1977 in science
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The year 1977 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
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Astronomy and space exploration
- September 5 - Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
- 2060 Chiron, first of the outer solar system asteroids known as Centaurs, discovered by Charlie Kowal.
Medicine
- January 18 - Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious "legionnaire's disease."
- September 11 - The last "wild" infection of smallpox is reported in Somalia.[1] (https://academickids.com:443/encyclopedia/index.php/1977_in_science#fn_smallpox)
Awards
Births
Deaths
- June 16 - Wernher von Braun (b. 1912), physicist and engineer.
References
- Template:Anb Reference supporting eradication in 1977: Reference: Waldman, Thomas A. (2003). Immunotherapy: past, present and future (http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nm/journal/v9/n3/full/nm0303-269.html&filetype=pdf). Nature Medicine 9, 269-277.