Science on the 17th of November 1970 in history

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Date	Type	Text
17 Nov 1970 Luna program	science	Luna program (astronomy and space ) Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and was released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.	0
17 Nov 1970 Douglas Engelbart	science	Douglas Engelbart (computer science) Douglas Engelbart receives a United States patent for the first computer mouse.	0

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