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09 Nov 1572
supernova |
supernova (astronomy) A supernova, now designated as SN 1572, is first observed in the constellation Cassiopeia by Cornelius Gemma. Tycho Brahe, who notes it two days later, will use it to challenge the prevailing view that stars do not change. |
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09 Nov 1731
Benjamin Banneker |
birth Benjamin Banneker Benjamin Banneker, African-American astronomer and surveyor (died 1806) |
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09 Nov 1787
Johann Natterer |
birth Johann Natterer Johann Natterer (died 1843), Austrian naturalist. |
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09 Nov 1876
Hideyo Noguchi |
birth Hideyo Noguchi Hideyo Noguchi (died 1928), bacteriologist. |
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09 Nov 1885
Hermann Weyl |
birth Hermann Weyl Hermann Weyl (died 1955), German mathematician |
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09 Nov 1924
Don Beaven |
birth Don Beaven Don Beaven, New Zealand medical researcher in the area of diabetes treatment and prevention (died 2009). |
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09 Nov 1934
Carl Sagan |
birth Carl Sagan Carl Sagan (died 1996), American astronomer. |
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09 Nov 1961
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature |
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (zoology) First edition of new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature published. |
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09 Nov 1967
Apollo program |
Apollo program (astronomy and space ) Apollo program: NASA launches a Saturn V rocket carrying the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy. |
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09 Nov 1994
first detected |
first detected (chemistry) Darmstadtium first detected at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, Germany, by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg, under the direction of Prof. Sigurd Hofmann. |