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September 12
What happened on this day
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Lascaux cave found
86 years ago
Four French teenagers stumble across a complex of Palaeolithic cave paintings near Lascaux in 1940.
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Steve Biko dies
49 years ago
The Black Consciousness leader dies in police custody in 1977, beaten by South African security officers, galvanising the anti-apartheid movement.
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First integrated circuit
68 years ago
Jack Kilby shows Texas Instruments colleagues a working circuit built on a single sliver of germanium in 1958, the seed of every microchip since.
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Mae Jemison in space
34 years ago
The physician and engineer lifts off aboard Endeavour in 1992 as the first Black woman to fly in space.
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