Historical place archive

San Jose in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at San Jose in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records3 event labels2 people1970–1993

Historical events in San Jose

1970

1 June 1970
Relational Model Paper
Edgar Codd · Computer Science

Publishes the relational model for database management

1989

1989
Individual Atom Manipulation with Tunnelling Electrons
Donald Eigler · Technology

Uses a scanning tunnelling microscope to position individual xenon atoms on a nickel surface.

1993

1993
Quantum Corral Electron Standing Waves
Donald Eigler · Physics

Builds a ring of atoms with a scanning tunnelling microscope and images standing-wave patterns of surface electrons confined inside it.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and San Jose. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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