* Astronomy

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RE: November 21st

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On 21 November, 1783, the Montgolfiers launched the first free flight balloon with human passengers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aviation#Lighter_than_air

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People

Henry Warren Hartsfield, Jr. (November 21, 1933 - July 17, 2014) was a United States Air Force officer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hartsfield

Linda A. Morabito (born November 21, 1953), also known as Linda Kelly, Linda Hyder, and Linda Morabito-Meyer, is the astronomer who made the discovery of volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter, on March 9, 1979, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_A._Morabito

Arthur Stanley Williams (1861 in Brighton - November 21, 1938) was an amateur astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stanley_Williams

Georges Fournier (November 21, 1881 - December 1, 1954) was a French astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Fournier

François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47400075/franois-marie-arouet-1694-1778/

Christopher Reuel Tolkien (born 21 November 1924) is the youngest son of J. R. R. Tolkien
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Tolkien

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Albert Einstein's fourth paper was published in 1905
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3860814/emc2/

Thomas Edison announced his invention of the first phonograph on November 21, 1877
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph#First_phonograph

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NGC Discovered

NGC 2106 was discovered by John Herschel on the 21st November 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55647957/ngc-2106/

NGC 2179 was discovered by John Herschel on the 21st November 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55648131/ngc-2179/

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Asteroid (798) Ruth was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on November 21, 1914.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/798_Ruth

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The great meteor shower of November 21, 1935, seems to have been the most conspicuous meteoric event observed
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1958BAICz...9...88K

The Gauteng meteor, 21st November 2009
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t32442949/gauteng-meteor/

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Meteorites

The Rampurhat (LL) meteorite fell in West Bengal, India, on the 21st November 1916.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46305322/rampurhat-meteorite/