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30 Nov 1971
Niles Eldridge |
Niles Eldridge (biology) Niles Eldridge and Stephen Jay Gould publish their landmark paper on punctuated equilibrium |
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30 Nov 1971
Socorro doves |
Socorro doves (biology) Socorro doves (Zenaida graysoni) last seen in the wild. The species precariously survives in captivity. A reintroduction program is being prepared. |
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30 Nov 1971
Write-only memory |
Write-only memory (computer science) Write-only memory is devised as a joke in Signetics. |
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30 Nov 1971
James Lovelock |
James Lovelock (ecology) James Lovelock first refers to the Gaia hypothesis in print. |
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30 Nov 1971
Kadir Nurman |
Kadir Nurman (food science) Kadir Nurman invents the doner kebab in Berlin. |
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30 Nov 1971
Daniel Quillen |
Daniel Quillen (mathematics) Daniel Quillen formulates higher algebraic K-theory. |
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30 Nov 1971
Daniel Gorenstein |
Daniel Gorenstein (mathematics) Daniel Gorenstein announces a 16-step program for completing the classification of finite simple groups. |
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30 Nov 1971
Richard M. Karp |
Richard M. Karp (mathematics) Richard M. Karp shows that the Hamiltonian cycle problem is NP-complete. |
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30 Nov 1971
Archie Cochrane |
Archie Cochrane (medicine) Archie Cochrane publishes Effectiveness and Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services. |
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30 Nov 1971
Rinchen Barsbold |
Rinchen Barsbold (paleontology) Kielan-Jawarowska and Rinchen Barsbold report the associated remains of a Velociraptor and Protoceratops apparently killed and preserved while fighting. |
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30 Nov 1971
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Edsger Dijkstra |
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01 Jan 1972
United Kingdom |
United Kingdom (ecology) A Blueprint for Survival first published as a special edition of The Ecologist magazine in the United Kingdom. |
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05 Jan 1972
President of the United States |
President of the United States (astronomy and space ) President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. |
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31 Jan 1972
Immunosuppressive |
Immunosuppressive (medicine) Immunosuppressive effect of ciclosporin discovered by a team at Sandoz, Basel, under Hartmann F. Stähelin. |
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01 Feb 1972
calculator |
calculator (technology) The first scientific hand-held calculator (labeled Hewlett-Packard, later designated the HP-35) is introduced, at a price of $795.00. |
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04 Feb 1972
Mariner 9 |
Mariner 9 (astronomy and space ) Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars. |
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21 Feb 1972
Soviet |
Soviet (astronomy and space ) The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 20 lands on the Moon. |
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02 Mar 1972
Pioneer 10 |
Pioneer 10 (astronomy and space ) Launch of Pioneer 10 spacecraft. |
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31 Mar 1972
Evan Williams |
birth Evan Williams Evan Williams, American Internet entrepreneur. |
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05 Apr 1972
Nima Arkani-Hamed |
birth Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed, Canadian-American theoretical physicist. |
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06 Apr 1972
Cray Research |
Cray Research (computer science) Cray Research founded. |
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16 Apr 1972
Apollo 16 |
Apollo 16 (astronomy and space ) Apollo 16 launched. |
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01 May 1972
Magnavox |
Magnavox (computer science) Magnavox release the first home video game console which can be connected to a television set – the Magnavox Odyssey, invented by Ralph H. Baer. |
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21 Jun 1972
Warren Lyford DeLano |
birth Warren Lyford DeLano Warren Lyford DeLano, American bioinformatician and open source advocate (d. 2009). |
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30 Jun 1972
International Time Bureau |
International Time Bureau (astronomy and space ) The International Time Bureau adds the first leap second to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). |
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10 Jul 1972
Jack Cover |
Jack Cover (technology) Jack Cover files U.S. Patent 3,803,463 for the original form of Taser electroshock weapon. |
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23 Jul 1972
United States |
United States (astronomy and space ) The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite. |
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25 Aug 1972
Lucien Bull |
death Lucien Bull Lucien Bull (b. 1876), Irish-born French pioneer in chronophotography. |
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01 Oct 1972
International Conference on Computer Communications |
International Conference on Computer Communications (computer science) The First International Conference on Computer Communications is held in Washington, D.C. and hosts the first public demonstration of ARPAnet, a precursor of the Internet. |
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01 Oct 1972
Louis Leakey |
death Louis Leakey Louis Leakey (b. 1903), British paleontologist. |
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16 Nov 1972
Skylab III |
Skylab III In 1972, Skylab III, carrying a crew of three astronauts, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an 84-day mission that remained the longest American space flight for over two decades (until Norm Thagard broke it aboard Mir in 1995 and Shannon Lucid, Feb 2002-Sep 2003). The Skylab III crew, Gerald P. Carr, William R. Pogue and Edward C. Gibson, maintained their physical condition by walking treadmills and riding an on-board stationary bicycle. Among the thousands of experiments conducted during this flight, the astronauts took four space walks, including one on Christmas Day to observe the comet Kohoutek. After 1214 orbits, the crew returned to Earth, splashing down on 8 Feb 1974. |
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29 Nov 1972
Atari |
Atari (computer science) Atari release the production version of Pong, one of the first video games, devised by Nolan Bushnell and Allan Alcorn. |
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07 Dec 1972
Apollo 17 |
Apollo 17 (astronomy and space ) Apollo 17 launched and 'The Blue Marble' photograph of the Earth taken. |
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