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22 Nov 1616
John Wallis |
birth John Wallis John Wallis, English mathematician who made important contributions to the development of algebra and analytical geometry (died 1703) |
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22 Nov 1809
Bénédict Morel |
birth Bénédict Morel Bénédict Morel (died 1873), psychiatrist. |
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22 Nov 1828
Lydia Shackleton |
birth Lydia Shackleton Lydia Shackleton (died 1914), Irish botanical artist. |
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22 Nov 1896
George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. |
death George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (born 1859), American civil engineer. |
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22 Nov 1917
Andrew Huxley |
birth Andrew Huxley Andrew Huxley (died 2012), English winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. |
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22 Nov 1922
British Broadcasting Company |
British Broadcasting Company (technology) The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins broadcasting a radio service in the United Kingdom from station 2LO in London. |
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22 Nov 1944
Arthur Eddington |
death Arthur Eddington Sir Arthur Eddington (born 1882), English astrophysicist. |
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22 Nov 1980
Shawn Fanning |
birth Shawn Fanning Shawn Fanning, American computer programmer. |
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22 Nov 1981
Hans Krebs |
death Hans Krebs Hans Krebs (b. 1900), German medical doctor and biochemist; discoverer of the citric acid cycle. |