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Events on 28 November

Events

First pulsar discovered PSR B1919+21 [1967]
Mariner 4 launched by NASA [1964]

Birthdays

Alan Lightman [1948]
American physicist and author
John Wesley Hyatt [1837]
American inventor who patented celluloid

Death Anniversaries

Joe Ossanna [1977]
Contributor to Unix
Enrico Fermi [1954]
Nobel laureate lauded as the 'Father of the nuclear age' and the 'Architect of the atomic bomb'
Washington Irving [1859]
American writer

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