Wednesday, 13 November 2013
World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day is observed on 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement a coalition of nations kindness NGOs. It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Japan, Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates. In 2009, Singapore observed the day for the first time.
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Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Holland Tunnel commissioned
Holland Tunnel(is a highway tunnel under the Hudson River connecting the island of Manhattan in New York City with Jersey City, New Jersey at Interstate 78 on the mainland of the United States.) was renamed in memory of its first chief engineer by the New York
State Bridge and Tunnel Commission and the New Jersey Interstate Bridge
and Tunnel Commission on November 12, 1924.
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Monday, 11 November 2013
Hugh Everett III
Hugh Everett III was an American physicist who first proposed the
many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics, which he termed his
"relative state" formulation. He was born on November 11, 1930 and died on July 19, 1982.
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Sunday, 10 November 2013
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov is a Russian small arms designer,
most famous for developing the AK-47, AKM, and AK-74 assault rifles. He was born on November 10, 1919.
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Saturday, 9 November 2013
Jack William Szostak
Jack William Szostak was born November 9, 1952, he is a Canadian American biologist of Polish British descent and Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Alexander Rich Distinguished Investigator at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol W. Greider, for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres.
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Friday, 8 November 2013
World Town Planning Day
The international organisation for World Urbanism Day, also known as "World Town Planning Day", was founded in 1949 and it is celebrated in more than 30 countries on four continents each November 8th. It is a special day to recognise and promote the role of planning in creating livable communities.
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Thursday, 7 November 2013
Edwin Herbert Hall
Edwin Herbert Hall was an American physicist who discovered the "Hall effect". He was born on November 7, 1855 and died on November 20, 1938.
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