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Science on the 23rd of November in history

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Date	Type	Text
23 Nov 1533 Prospero Alpini	science	birth Prospero Alpini Prospero Alpini, Venetian-born physician and botanist (died 1617)	0
23 Nov 1685 Bernard de Gomme	science	death Bernard de Gomme Bernard de Gomme, military engineer in England (born 1620)	0
23 Nov 1715 Pierre Charles Le Monnier	science	birth Pierre Charles Le Monnier Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (died 1799)	0
23 Nov 1747 Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein	science	birth Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein Baron Sigmund Zois von Edelstein (Baron von Zois), Slovenian geologist after whom zoisite is named (died 1819)	0
23 Nov 1826 Johann Elert Bode	science	death Johann Elert Bode Johann Elert Bode (born 1747), astronomer.	0
23 Nov 1837 Johannes Diderik van der Waals	science	birth Johannes Diderik van der Waals Johannes Diderik van der Waals (died 1923), physicist.	0
23 Nov 1864 Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve	science	death Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve (born 1793), astronomer.	0
23 Nov 1887 Henry Moseley	science	birth Henry Moseley Henry Moseley (killed 1915), English physicist.	0
23 Nov 1912 Charles Bourseul	science	death Charles Bourseul Charles Bourseul (born 1829), French telegraph engineer.	0
23 Nov 1919 Henry Gantt	science	death Henry Gantt Henry Gantt (born 1861), project engineer.	0
23 Nov 1924 Edwin Hubble	science	Edwin Hubble (astronomy and space ) Edwin Hubble announces his discovery that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.	0
23 Nov 1926 aerosol spray	science	aerosol spray (technology) The aerosol spray can is patented by Erik Rotheim, a Norwegian chemical engineer.	0
23 Nov 1937 Jagadish Chandra Bose	science	death Jagadish Chandra Bose Jagadish Chandra Bose (born 1858), Bengali physicist.	0
23 Nov 1963 science fiction television	science	science fiction television First episode of science fiction television series Doctor Who broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.	0
23 Nov 1997 Lisa the Skeptic	science	Lisa the Skeptic "Lisa the Skeptic" first broadcast as an episode of The Simpsons in the United States.	0

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