1949

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Events

  • Astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term "Big Bang" during a radio broadcast.


  • Nereid, a moon of Neptune, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.


  • Albert II, a rhesus monkey, becomes the first primate to enter space.
    (He is killed on impact at return.)


Timeline
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