The White Ship (French: la Blanche-Nef) was a vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Barfleur, on 25 November 1120. Only two of those aboard survived. Those who drowned included William Adelin, the only surviving legitimate son and heir of King Henry I of England. Willia...
Astronauts to attend CBC planetarium opening Tri-City residents not only will see stars in the sky, but also stars of the United States space program during the Dec. 5 opening of the new planetarium at Columbia Basin College in Pasco. Astronauts Charlie Duke and Story Musgrave will be on hand for the...
Julius Scheiner (1858-1913) was a German astronomer, born in Cologne and educated at Bonn. He became assistant at the astrophysical observatory in Potsdam in 1887 and its observer in chief in 1898, three years after his appointment to the chair of astrophysics in the University of Berlin. [url=ht...
Claude-Louis Mathieu (born in Mācon on November 25, 1783; died March 5, 1875 in Paris) was a French mathematician and astronomer who began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the distance of the stars. Read more
Orbital elements: 2010 JK1 Earth MOID = 0.0020 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 331.55814 (2000.0) P Q n 0.95751274 Peri. 137.48072 +0.94854458 +0.31664121 a 1.0194666 Node 204.05944 -0.29132229 +0.87115816 e 0.1482033 Incl. 0.17338 -0.12407458 +0.37526231 P 1.03 H 24.4 G 0.15 U 8 [...
The 1343 earthquake struck the Tyrrhenian Sea and Bay of Naples on November 25, 1343. Underground shocks were felt in Naples and caused significant damage and loss of lives. Of major note was a tsunami created by the earthquake which destroyed many ships in Naples and destroyed many ports along the A...
The 1833 Sumatra earthquake occurred on November 25, 1833, about 22:00 local time, with an estimated magnitude in the range Mw= 8.8-9.2. It caused a large tsunami that flooded the southwestern coast of the island. Read more
On 25 November 1839, an enormous cyclone caused a 40-foot storm surge that hit Coringa, Andhra Pradesh, wiped out the harbour city, destroyed twenty thousand ships and vessels in its bay, and killed three hundred thousand people. Read more
The Great Storm of 1703 is arguably the most severe storm or natural disaster ever recorded in the southern part of Britain. It affected southern England and the English Channel. A 193-km/h "perfect hurricane", it started on 24 November, and did not die down until 2 December 1703 (Old Sty...
The 1976 Caldran-Muradiye earthquake occurred at 14:22 local time (12:22 UTC) on 24 November. The epicenter was located near Caldran, 20 km northeast of Muradiye, in the Van Province of eastern Turkey. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.3 with a maximum intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity sca...
Mont Granier is a limestone mountain located between the départements of Savoie and Isčre in France. In the year 1248, between November 24-25, a mass of limestone resting on marls slid into the valley, causing a massive landslide that destroyed many villages and caused over a thousand casualties,...
Carolyn Hurless (November 24, 1934 - February 13, 1987) was a United States astronomer and an American Association of Variable Star Observers merit award winner, she made 79,000 observations 1959 until her death in 1987. The asteroid 3434 Hurless is named in her honour. Read more
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