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Science on the 30th of November 1968 in history

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Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1968 Thomas D. Brock	science	Thomas D. Brock (biology) Thomas D. Brock and Hudson Freeze of Indiana University publish their findings on hyperthermophilic bacteria, most notably Thermus aquaticus, a thermophilic bacterium species living at a temperature of 60-80°C in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park.T. aquaticus (Taq) later becomes a standard source of enzymes able to withstand higher temperatures than those from E. Coli and is significant in the history of polymerase chain reaction.	0
30 Nov 1968 Przewalski's Horse	science	Przewalski's Horse (biology) Last Przewalski's Horse sighted in the wild, in Mongolia.	0
30 Nov 1968 Dorothy Hodgkin	science	Dorothy Hodgkin (chemistry) Dorothy Hodgkin and colleagues at the University of Oxford determine the structure of insulin.	0
30 Nov 1968 laser printer	science	laser printer (computer science) The laser printer is invented at Xerox by Gary Starkweather.	0
30 Nov 1968 AIDS virus	science	AIDS virus (medicine) Reported as being the year the first strain of the AIDS virus (HIV) migrates to the United States via Haiti.	0
30 Nov 1968 diffuse panbronchiolitis	science	diffuse panbronchiolitis (medicine) The condition diffuse panbronchiolitis is named, in Japan.	0
30 Nov 1968 Sudden infant death syndrome	science	Sudden infant death syndrome (medicine) International adoption of the diagnostic term 'Sudden infant death syndrome'.	0
30 Nov 1968 Eugene, Oregon	science	Eugene, Oregon (meteorology) Eugene, Oregon, has a record snowfall of 3 feet in 3 days: a pineapple express moves into the region with a shot of cold air, followed by some snow showers.	0
30 Nov 1968 Herbert Saffir	science	Herbert Saffir (meteorology) Herbert Saffir and Bob Simpson develop the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.	0
30 Nov 1968 John Ostrom	science	John Ostrom (paleontology) John Ostrom publishes his findings on the dinosaur Deinonychus, describing it as being a small, agile species closely related to the birds.	0
30 Nov 1968 Yoichiro Nambu	science	Yoichiro Nambu (physics) Yoichiro Nambu and Leonard Susskind make the first presentations of string theory.	0
30 Nov 1968 Spain	science	Spain (physics) Spain withdraws from CERN.	0
30 Nov 1968 Turing Award	science	Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Marvin Minsky	0
30 Nov 1968 Thomas Reardon	science	birth Thomas Reardon Thomas Reardon, American computer programmer.	0

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