The Aberfan disaster was a catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip that occurred in the Welsh village of Aberfan on Friday 21 October 1966, killing 116 children and 28 adults. Read more
The Medicine Lodge Treaty was signed October 21, 1867 The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservati...
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TWITTER banter between a Cardiff University astronomer and Irish comic Dara O Briain sparked a major online search for stars. Thousands of Twitter followers of the Irish TV presenter were treated to a lesson in stargazing after Dr Edward Gomez offered him the remote use of the Faulkes robotic teles...
Several organisations, including the Forestry Commission and the John Muir Trust, are collaborating to establish inner-city dark sky discovery sites in "small oases of unlit land". Dan Hillier, manager of the visitors' centre at Edinburgh's Royal Observatory, is leading the proje...
Herschel paints new story of galaxy evolution ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that galaxies do not need to collide with each other to drive vigorous star birth. The finding overturns this long-held assumption and paints a more stately picture of how galaxies evolve. Th...
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Family's tribute to Australia crash victim Sean Barrett The family of a scientist from London who was killed in a car crash soon after landing in Australia has described him as a "brilliant mind". Sean Barrett, 36, a doctor of quantum physics at Imperial College London, had taken a taxi fr...
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 - 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacture...
The Valentich disappearance describes an event on 21 October 1978 when 20-year-old Frederick Valentich disappeared in unknown circumstances while piloting a Cessna 182L light aircraft over Bass Strait, Australia. Read more
USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. Named by President George Washington after the Constitution of the United States of America, she is the world's oldest floating commissioned naval vessel. Read more
