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Milestones in Science & Technology
Important Dates for the Month of November
| 1st-In 1931, |
Dupont introduces synthetic rubber
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2nd-In 1936, | 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London |
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3rd-In 1679, |
Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet |
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4th-In 1846, | Benjamin Palmer patents artificial leg |
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5th-In 1895, |
George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car |
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6th-In 1967, | US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9 |
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7th-In 1961, | France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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8th-In 1950, | 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War |
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9th-In 1904, | 1st airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes |
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10th-In 1989, | Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped |
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11th-In 1966, | Gemini 12 (Lovell & Aldrin) launched on 4-day flight |
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12th-In 1965, | Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus |
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13th-In 1980, | US spacecraft Voyager I sent back 1st close-up pictures of Saturn |
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14th-In 1960, | OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms |
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15th-In 1987, | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
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16th-In 1974, | 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope |
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17th-In 1869, | Suez Canal (Egypt) opens, links Mediterranean & Red seas |
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18th-In 1966, | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
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19th-In 1911, |
NY receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy |
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20th-In 1947, | 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel |
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21st-In 1977, | 1st flight of Concorde (London to New York) |
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22nd-In 1981, | USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
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23rd-In 1863, | Patent granted for a process of making color photographs |
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24th-In 1969, | Apollo 12 returns to Earth |
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25th-In 1715, | 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn |
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26th-In 1963, | Explorer 18 launched |
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27th-In 1948, | Honda 1st opens in America |
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28th-In 1967, | The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected |
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29th-In 1951, | 1st underground atomic explosion, Frenchman Flat Nevada |
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30th-In 1922, | 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho |
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