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1995 – Nigeria Airways Flight 357 crashes at Kaduna International Airport in Kaduna, Nigeria, killing 11 people and injuring 66. [ 17 ] 1996 – As part of the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) project, Joel Armengaud discovers the project's first Mersenne prime number, 2 1398269 − 1 {\displaystyle 2^{1398269}-1} , a number with ...
1562 – An attempt by François, Duke of Guise, to disperse a church service by Huguenots in Wassy, France, turned into a massacre, resulting in 50 dead, and starting the French Wars of Religion.
[11] 1880 – Seven people are killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California. [12] 1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor. [13] 1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike. [14]
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John A. Dahlgren (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870) was a United States Navy officer who founded the Navy's Ordnance Department and launched major advances in gunnery. He introduced a cast-iron muzzle-loading cannon with vastly increased range and accuracy, known as the Dahlgren gun, which became the Navy's standard armament.
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November 11 is the 315th day of the year ... the Royal Navy launches the first all-aircraft ship-to-ship naval attack in history. ... [13] 1992 – The General ...
The 1958 and 2003 Presidents' Day storms were two of just 11 Northeast winter storms since 1950 to be classified as Category 4 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale , a 1-5 scale ranking of how ...