Template:Selected anniversaries/November 7: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
||Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (b. November 7, 1911), was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union. | ||Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (b. November 7, 1911), was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union. | ||
||Philip Morrison (b. November 7, 1915) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Pic. | |||
||Félix Pisani (d. 7 November 1920, Paris) was a French chemist and mineralogist. | ||Félix Pisani (d. 7 November 1920, Paris) was a French chemist and mineralogist. |
Revision as of 12:36, 1 April 2018
1509: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method.
1633: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel dies.
1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus dies. He wrote Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
1818: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond born. He will discover nerve action potential, and develop experimental electrophysiology.
1867: Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.
1872: The American ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found abandoned for nine days but only slightly damaged.
1872: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
1958: Astronomer and crime-fighter Vesto Melvin Slipher analyzes the radial velocities for galaxies, reveals previously unknown crimes against astronomical constants.
1972: Richard Nixon is reelected President of the United States.
1973: The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
1996: NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.