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Science on the 30th of November 1957 in history

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Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1957 John Gurdon	science	John Gurdon (biology) John Gurdon clones a frog using somatic-cell nuclear transfer from a Xenopus tadpole.	0
30 Nov 1957 Anne McLaren	science	Anne McLaren (biology) Anne McLaren, with John D. Biggers, reports the first mammals, a litter of mice, grown from embryos developed in vitro and transferred to a surrogate mother.	0
30 Nov 1957 Denatonium	science	Denatonium (chemistry) Denatonium, the bitterest chemical compound known (used as an aversive agent), is discovered during research on local anesthetics by Macfarlan Smith of Edinburgh, Scotland, and registered under the trademark Bitrex.	0
30 Nov 1957 Friedrich L. Bauer	science	Friedrich L. Bauer (computer science) Friedrich L. Bauer and other members of the ZMMD-Group build a working ALGOL 58 compiler.	0
30 Nov 1957 John McCarthy	science	John McCarthy (computer science) John McCarthy specifies the Lisp programming language.	0
30 Nov 1957 Society for the History of Technology	science	Society for the History of Technology (history of science) Society for the History of Technology established.	0
30 Nov 1957 School Mathematics Study Group	science	School Mathematics Study Group (mathematics) School Mathematics Study Group, directed by Edward G. Begle, established to develop a new school mathematics curriculum for the United States; it is influential in the promotion of New Math.	0
30 Nov 1957 Earl Bakken	science	Earl Bakken (medicine) Engineer Earl Bakken (U.S.) produces the first wearable external artificial pacemaker, for a patient of Dr. C. Walton Lillehei.	0
30 Nov 1957 Karolinska Institute	science	Karolinska Institute (medicine) The first clinical implantations into a human of fully implantable artificial pacemakers takes place at the Karolinska Institute in Solna, Sweden, using a pacemaker designed by Rune Elmqvist and surgeon Åke Senning. The patient, Arne Larsson (1915–2001), survives until age 86, having been fitted with 22 pacemakers throughout his life.	0
30 Nov 1957 fecal microbiota transplantation	science	fecal microbiota transplantation (medicine) B. Eiseman and colleagues from Colorado first describe fecal microbiota transplantation.	0
30 Nov 1957 Denis Parsons Burkitt	science	Denis Parsons Burkitt (medicine) Denis Parsons Burkitt first describes Burkitt's lymphoma.	0
30 Nov 1957 Dutch	science	Dutch (technology) Dutch rally driver Maus Gatsonides introduces his first roadside automobile speed measurement device.	0
30 Nov 1957 Fields Prize in Mathematics	science	Fields Prize in Mathematics (awards) Fields Prize in Mathematics: Klaus Roth and René Thom	0

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