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02 Nov 1815
George Boole |
birth George Boole George Boole, English-born mathematician (died 1864) |
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02 Nov 1840
Anthony Carlisle |
death Anthony Carlisle Sir Anthony Carlisle (born 1768), surgeon. |
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02 Nov 1929
Richard E. Taylor |
birth Richard E. Taylor Richard E. Taylor, Canadian American winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. |
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02 Nov 1936
British Broadcasting Corporation |
British Broadcasting Corporation (technology) The world's first regular daily high-definition (at this time defined as at least 200 lines) television broadcast service is begun by the British Broadcasting Corporation from Alexandra Palace in London (following test transmissions since August). The service initially alternates on a weekly basis between John Logie Baird's 240-line electromechanical system and the Marconi-EMI all-electronic 405-line television system. |
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02 Nov 1944
Thomas Midgley, Jr. |
death Thomas Midgley, Jr. Thomas Midgley, Jr. (born 1889), American chemist and inventor. |
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02 Nov 1952
Chaim Weizmann |
death Chaim Weizmann Chaim Weizmann (born 1874), chemist, first President of Israel. |
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02 Nov 1988
Morris worm |
Morris worm (computer science) The Morris worm is unleashed on the Internet. |
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02 Nov 2002
Charles Sheffield |
death Charles Sheffield Charles Sheffield (b. 1935), science fiction author and physicist. |
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