Physics
 March 18 – Woodstock of physics, the marathon session of the American Physical Society’s meeting featuring 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors. Harry J. Lipkin names the pentaquark. Technology
 December 1 – Channel Tunnel digging commences. Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max. Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications. Zoology
 June 17 – The last known purebred dusky seaside sparrow, "Orange Band", dies in Florida. Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the United States. Awards
 Nobel Prizes
 Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller
 Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
 Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa
 Turing Award – John Cocke
 Wollaston Medal for Geology – Claude Jean Allègre

Births

Deaths
 March 19 – Louis de Broglie (b. 1892), French physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1929). March 26 – Gwyn Macfarlane (b.
Physics
March 18– Woodstock of physics, the marathon session of the American Physical Society’ s meeting featuring 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors. Harry J. Lipkin names the pentaquark. Technology: December 1– Channel Tunnel digging commences. Tinker Hatfield designs the Nike Air Max. Maglite introduces the 2AAA Mini Maglite flashlight, targeted for medical and industrial applications. Zoology: June 17 – The last known purebred dusky seaside sparrow, "Orange Band", dies in Florida. Varroa destructor, an invasive parasite of honeybees, is found in the United States. Awards: Nobel Prizes:
Physics– J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller
Chemistry– Donald J. Cram, Jane-Mary Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen
Medicine– Susumu Tonegawa
Turing Award– John Cocke
Wollaston Medal for Geology– Claude Jean Allègre

Births

Deaths
March 19– Louis de Broglie (b. 1892), French physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1929). March 26– Gwyn Macfarlane.