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Fri. Oct. 27, 2000
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Health & Science > Science > Natural Sciences
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Milestones in Science and Technology
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Important Dates in October
| 1st --In 1896, |
1st --In 1896, Yosemite becomes a National Park |
| 2nd--In 1942, |
1st self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction demonstrated, Chicago |
| 3rd--In 1915, |
7.8 earthquake shakes Pleasant Valley Nevada |
| 4th--In 1883, |
Orient Express' 1st run, linking Turkey to Europe by rail |
| 5th--In 1931, |
1st nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Wash (Herndon & Pangborn) |
| 6th--In 1961, |
USSR performs nuclear tests at Kapustin Yar & Novaya Zemlya USSR |
| 7th--In 1931, |
1st infra-red photograph, Rochester, NY |
| 8th--In 1992, |
Pioneer Venus Orbiter (1st Venus orbiter-1978), crashes into Venus |
| 9th--In 1876, |
1st 2-way telephone conversation, 1st over outdoor wires |
| 10th--In 1933, |
1st synthetic detergent, "Dreft" by Procter & Gamble, goes on salev |
| 11th--In 1919, |
1st transcontinental air race ends |
| 12th--In 1955, |
Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti |
| 13th--In 1953, |
Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno |
| 14th--In 1922, |
1st automated telephones-Pennsylvania exchange in NYC |
| 15th--In 1985, |
Nobel prize for economics awarded to Franco Modigliani |
| 16th--In 1923, |
John Harwood patents self-winding watch (Switzerland) |
| 17th--In 1918, |
De Kooy airport in Netherlands opens |
| 18th--In 1962, |
US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA |
| 19th--In 1879, |
Thomas Edison demonstrates electric light |
| 20th--In 1973, |
OPEC oil embargo begins |
| 21st--In 1923, |
1st planetarium opens at Deutsche Museum in Munich |
| 22nd--In 1993, |
Cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov makes record 9th space walk |
| 23rd--In 1824, |
1st steam locomotive is introduced |
| 24th--In 1995, |
Total solar eclipse in SW/S Asia (2m09s) |
| 25th--In 1825, |
Erie Canal opens, linking Great Lakes & Atlantic Ocean |
| 26th--In 1938, |
Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon" |
| 27th--In 1977, |
NASA launches space vehicle S-200 |
| 28th--In 1927, |
KLM-plane "Homing Pigeon" leaves Neth-Indies after 1st regular flight |
| 29th--In 1945, |
1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented |
| 30th--In 1951, |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
| 31st--In 1888, |
John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire |
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