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Leonard Nimoy: birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Performer
Leonard Nimoy: birth.
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Nichelle Nichols: birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Performer
Nichelle Nichols: birth.
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Jansky’s cosmic radio discovery publicized
Category: Discoveries and Scientific ResultsType: Result announcement
A New York Times report brought Karl Jansky’s detection of radio emission from the Milky Way to public attention.
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Baade and Zwicky connect supernovae and neutron stars
Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky proposed that supernovae can mark the formation of neutron stars.
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Carl Sagan — birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Scientist
Carl Sagan — birth (1934-11-09).
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Emmy Noether: death
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Death
Role: Mathematician
Emmy Noether: death.
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Margaret Hamilton — birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Computer scientist, Engineer
Margaret Hamilton — birth (1936-08-17).
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Joanna Russ: birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Science fiction writer
Joanna Russ: birth.
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Who Goes There?: publication
Category: Science FictionType: Science fiction publication
Who Goes There? (Novella) by John W. Campbell Jr.
Who Goes There?: publication.
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Marooned off Vesta: publication
Category: Science FictionType: Science fiction publication
Marooned off Vesta (Short story) by Isaac Asimov
Marooned off Vesta: publication.
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Life-Line: publication
Category: Science FictionType: Science fiction publication
Life-Line (Short story) by Robert A. Heinlein
Life-Line: publication.
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Oppenheimer and Snyder publish gravitational-collapse research
Category: Discoveries and Scientific ResultsType: Research publication
The paper described continuing gravitational collapse of a massive star.
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Dennis Tito — birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Space tourist, Engineer
Dennis Tito — birth (1940-08-08).
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Nightfall: publication
Category: Science FictionType: Science fiction publication
Nightfall (Short story) by Isaac Asimov
Nightfall: publication.
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Samuel R. Delany: birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Science fiction writer
Samuel R. Delany: birth.
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H. G. Wells: death
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Death
Role: Science fiction writer
H. G. Wells: death.
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Rocket Ship Galileo: publication
Category: Science FictionType: Science fiction publication
Rocket Ship Galileo (Novel) by Robert A. Heinlein
Rocket Ship Galileo: publication.
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Octavia E. Butler — birth
Category: Organizations and PeopleType: Birth
Role: Science fiction writer
Octavia E. Butler — birth (1947-06-22).
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Bumper rocket reaches high altitude
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Suborbital launch
A two-stage Bumper rocket reached approximately 393 kilometers in a high-altitude test.
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Rocket experiment detects solar X-rays
A Naval Research Laboratory detector on a V-2 rocket measured X-rays from the Sun.