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24 Oct 1601
Tycho Brahe |
death Tycho Brahe Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546) |
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24 Oct 1632
Anton van Leeuwenhoek |
birth Anton van Leeuwenhoek Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy (died 1723) |
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24 Oct 1655
Pierre Gassendi |
death Pierre Gassendi Pierre Gassendi, French physicist who played a crucial role in the revival of atomism (born 1592) |
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24 Oct 1793
French Republican Calendar |
French Republican Calendar The French Republican Calendar, devised by Gilbert Romme, is adopted by the National Convention. |
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24 Oct 1804
Wilhelm Eduard Weber |
birth Wilhelm Eduard Weber Wilhelm Eduard Weber, physicist (died 1891) |
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24 Oct 1830
Marianne North |
birth Marianne North Marianne North (died 1890), botanist. |
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24 Oct 1836
United States |
United States (chemistry) The earliest United States patent for a phosphorus friction match is granted to Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts. |
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24 Oct 1891
Ernest Melville DuPorte |
birth Ernest Melville DuPorte Ernest Melville DuPorte (died 1981), Caribbean-born Canadian insect morphologist. |
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24 Oct 1931
George Washington Bridge |
George Washington Bridge (technology) The George Washington Bridge across the Hudson River in the United States is dedicated; it opens to traffic the following day. At 3,500 feet (1,100 m), it nearly doubles the previous record for the longest suspension span in the world. |
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24 Oct 2003
Concorde |
Concorde (technology) Concorde makes its last flight, bringing the era of civilian supersonic travel to a close for the foreseeable future. |
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