20 May Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

1929 - First day of First International Congress of History of Science in Paris.

Birthdays

1851 Emile Berliner of Germany, the inventor of the gramaphone
1861 - Henry Gantt (Industrial Engineering - Gantt Chart)

1913 - Bill Hewlett - Co-founder, Hewlett Packard
1926 - Edwin C. Nevis (Management)




Nobel Prize Winners

1860 Eduard Buchner - Chemistry
         http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1907/buchner-facts.html
1918 Edward B. Lewis - Medicine or Physiology
         http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1995/lewis-facts.html

Other Scientists  Engineers and Management Scholars

1861 - Henry Gantt (Management)
1926 - Edwin C. Nevis (Management)

Patents

1830 D. Hyde patented the fountain pen.
         http://www.trivia-library.com/a/history-and-story-behind-inventions-fountain-pen.htm
1958 Robert Baumann obtained a patent for a satellite structure.

Knowledge History of the Day - Index for the Year

Management Theory Review Blog
Management Knowledge Center
Engineering and Technology Knowledge Center
Science Knowledge Center
Social Science Knowledge Center