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30 Nov 1991
Saola |
Saola (biology) Saola first identified in the Vũ Quang rainforest reserve of northern Vietnam. This member of the bovini tribe is the first large mammal new to science anywhere in the world for more than fifty years and it will take another two decades before live specimens are recorded. |
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30 Nov 1991
Richard Dawkins |
Richard Dawkins (biology) British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins delivers the 1992 Voltaire Lecture, "Viruses of the Mind", describing religion and the belief in god as a parasitic memetic virus that infects human minds |
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30 Nov 1991
International Society for Bayesian Analysis |
International Society for Bayesian Analysis (mathematics) International Society for Bayesian Analysis founded by Arnold Zellner. |
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30 Nov 1991
Hungary |
Hungary (physics) Hungary becomes a member of CERN. |
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30 Nov 1991
IBM Simon |
IBM Simon (technology) The IBM Simon, a touchscreen mobile phone and personal digital assistant considered the first smartphone, is introduced. |
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30 Nov 1991
Turing Award |
Turing Award (awards) Turing Award: Butler Lampson |
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30 Nov 1991
Wollaston Medal for Geology |
Wollaston Medal for Geology (awards) Wollaston Medal for Geology: Martin Harold Phillips Bott |
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