November/17/2013 Remembrance: 1928 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (b. 1865) 2012 – Bal Thackeray, Indian politician (b. 1926) Birthday: 1749 – Nicolas Appert, French chef, inventor of canning (d. 1841) 1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991) 1920 – Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (Tamil Nadu) (d. 2002) 1982 – Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer Events: 1855 – David Livingstone becomes the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe. 1869 – In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, is inaugurated. 1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. 1950 – Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama. 1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
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