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November 12

3 sourced moments from November 12 in history: Oregon's highway crew tried to blow up a whale with half a ton of dynamite (1970); Why Voyager 1 skipped Pluto for Titan at Saturn in 1980; and Tim Berners-Lee formalized his proposal for the World Wide Web (1990).

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3 things happened on November 12

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1990 Technology · The Internet

Tim Berners-Lee formalized his proposal for the World Wide Web

On November 12, 1990, a CERN memo titled "WorldWideWeb" turned a hypertext daydream into a fundable engineering plan.

1980 Space · Space Exploration

Why Voyager 1 skipped Pluto for Titan at Saturn in 1980

Voyager 1's November 1980 Saturn flyby traded any chance of reaching Pluto for a close look at Titan's smoggy nitrogen atmosphere.

1970 Nature & Animals · Marine Life

Oregon's highway crew tried to blow up a whale with half a ton of dynamite

On November 12, 1970, engineers reasoned that a rotting whale was basically a very large boulder. The blubber disagreed.