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Science on the 30th of November 1979 in history

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Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1979 John B. Goodenough	science	John B. Goodenough (chemistry) John B. Goodenough, working with colleagues at the University of Oxford Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, identifies the cathode material that enables development of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery.	0
30 Nov 1979 Atari	science	Atari (computer science) Atari release a conversion of the hit arcade game Space Invaders for the Atari 2600 which popularises the home video game console.	0
30 Nov 1979 Usenet	science	Usenet (computer science) Usenet established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University.	0
30 Nov 1979 Convolutional neural networks	science	Convolutional neural networks (computer science) Convolutional neural networks are introduced in a paper by Kunihiko Fukushima.	0
30 Nov 1979 American Psychiatric Association	science	American Psychiatric Association (medicine) The much-enlarged third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III), produced under the control of Robert Spitzer, is published.	0
30 Nov 1979 Dracunculiasis	science	Dracunculiasis (medicine) Global campaign to eradicate Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) begins at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.	0
30 Nov 1979 MRI	science	MRI (medicine) First commercial MRI whole body scanner manufactured by Oxford Instruments for installation at Hammersmith Hospital, London.	0
30 Nov 1979 Turing Award	science	Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – C. A. R. Hoare	0

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