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Milestones in
Science and Technology
Important Dates in October
| 1st --In 1896, |
1st --In 1896, Yosemite becomes a National Park
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2nd--In 1942, | 1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago |
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3rd--In 1915, |
7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada |
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4th--In 1883, | Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail |
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5th--In 1931, |
1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn) |
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6th--In 1961, | USSR performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar & Novaya Zemlya USSR |
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7th--In 1931, | 1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY |
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8th--In 1992, | Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus |
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9th--In 1876, | 1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires |
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10th--In 1933, | 1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on salev |
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11th--In 1919, | 1st transcontinental air race ends |
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12th--In 1955, | Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti |
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13th--In 1953, | Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno |
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14th--In 1922, | 1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC |
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15th--In 1985, | Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani |
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16th--In 1923, | John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland) |
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17th--In 1918, | De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens |
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18th--In 1962, | US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA |
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19th--In 1879, | Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light |
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20th--In 1973, | OPEC oil embargo begins |
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21st--In 1923, | 1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich |
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22nd--In 1993, | Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk |
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23rd--In 1824, | 1st steam locomotive is introduced |
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24th--In 1995, | Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) |
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25th--In 1825, | Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes & Atlantic Ocean |
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26th--In 1938, | Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon" |
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27th--In 1977, | NASA launches space vehicle S-200 |
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28th--In 1927, | KLM-plane "Homing Pigeon" leaves Neth-Indies after 1st regular flight |
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29th--In 1945, | 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented |
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30th--In 1951, | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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31st--In 1888, | John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire |
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