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Science on the 30th of November 1987 in history

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Date	Type	Text
30 Nov 1987 extrasolar planet	science	extrasolar planet (astronomy and space ) Canadian astronomers Bruce Campbell, G. A. H. Walker and Stephenson Yang publish radial-velocity observations suggesting that an extrasolar planet orbits the star Gamma Cephei, although its existence is not confirmed until 2003.	0
30 Nov 1987 Asteroid 3994 Ayashi	science	Asteroid 3994 Ayashi (astronomy and space ) Asteroid 3994 Ayashi is discovered by Masahiro Koishikawa.	0
30 Nov 1987 4407 Taihaku	science	4407 Taihaku (astronomy and space ) 4407 Taihaku is discovered.	0
30 Nov 1987 4539 Miyagino	science	4539 Miyagino (astronomy and space ) 4539 Miyagino is discovered.	0
30 Nov 1987 NASA	science	NASA (climatology) NASA climate scientist James Hansen uses the term global warming in testimony to the United States Congress bringing it to public attention.	0
30 Nov 1987 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change	science	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (climatology) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is established.	0
30 Nov 1987 Photoshop	science	Photoshop (computer science) The first version of the Photoshop graphics software, devised by Thomas Knoll, ships with Barneyscan image scanners.	0
30 Nov 1987 Patricia Bath	science	Patricia Bath (medicine) Patricia Bath patents the Laserphaco Probe, a device "for ablating and removing cataract lenses".	0
30 Nov 1987 Stephen Hawking	science	Stephen Hawking (publications) Stephen Hawking publishes A Brief History of Time.	0
30 Nov 1987 Turing Award	science	Turing Award (awards) Turing Award – Ivan Sutherland	0

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