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What, When, Where, How, Who?
Edwin Powell Hubble
Introduction, Important Definitions and Related Concepts:
Edwin Powell Hubble (November
20, 1889 –
September 28, 1953)
was an
American
astronomer. He profoundly changed astronomers' understanding of the nature
of the universe by demonstrating the existence of other galaxies besides the
Milky Way.
He also discovered that the degree of redshift observed in light coming from a
galaxy increased in proportion to the distance of that galaxy from the Milky
Way. This became known as
Hubble's law, and would help establish that the universe is expanding. He
was born to an insurance executive in
Marshfield, Missouri and moved to
Wheaton, Illinois in 1898. In his younger days he was noted more for his
athletic prowess than his intellectual abilities, although he did earn good
grades in every subject except for spelling. He won seven first places and a
third place in a single high school track meet in 1906. That year he also set a
state record for
high jump
in Illinois.
His studies at the
University of Chicago concentrated on mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy
which led to a
BS degree in 1910. November is the eleventh
month of the
year in the
Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30
days. November
retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine")
when January
and February
were added to the
Roman calendar. The
birthstone for November is either
topaz or
citrine and
the
birthflower is the
chrysanthemum. November begins in western tropical astrology with the sun in
the sign of
Scorpio and ends in the sign of
Sagittarius (astrology). Astronomically speaking, the sun actually begins in
the constellation of
Libra, passes through
Scorpius
from approximately the 24th through the 29th and ends in the constellation of
Ophiuchus,
which is the only zodiacal constellation that is not associated with an
astrological sign. November starts on the same day of the week as both
February
and March in
common years. A poem which is often told in schools in the
United Kingdom is
"No" by
Thomas
Hood, playing on how the name "November" can be extended to other phrases
beginning with no. Hood's poem suggests that melancholy moods associated with
this month.
All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day), a
Christian holy day, is celebrated on
November 1,
the day after
Halloween. 20 (twenty) is the
natural number following
19
and preceding
21.
A group of twenty units may also be referred to as a score.[1]
Twenty is a
composite number, its proper
divisors
being 1,
2,
4,
5
and
10. Skipping 2 and adding the other divisors gives 20, hence 20 is a
semiperfect number, and since it is not divisible by any of the smaller
semiperfect numbers, it is a
primitive semiperfect number. 20 is the smallest
abundant number that is not a multiple of 3. 20 is the second positive
integer with a prime factorization of the form
,
where q is a prime. Its
aliquot sum is 22, and its
aliquot sequence is (20,22,14,10,8,7,1,0). It is also the sum of the first
four
triangular numbers, making it a
tetrahedral number. 20 is the total number of digits on the human body,
which makes it a convenient number system
radix; such
number systems are called
vigesimal.
Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX)
was a
common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian calendar (or a
common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar). January - March
March -
German naval force shells a village in
Samoa, destroying some
American property. Three American warships enter the
Samoan harbor and were prepare to fire on the three
German warships found there. Before guns are fired, a
hurricane blows up and sinks all the ships, American and
German. A compulsory
armistice is called because of the lack of warships.
[edit]April
- June
April 22 - At high noon, thousands rush to claim
land in the
Land Run of 1889. Within hours the cities of
Oklahoma City and
Guthrie are formed with populations of at least
10,000.
-
May 2 -
Menelik II, Emperor of
Ethiopia, signs a treaty of amity with
Italy, giving Italy control over what will
become
Eritrea.
May 6 -
Eiffel Tower opens, in
Paris.
May 15 - In
Samoa, three US and three German ships sink in a
typhoon because the captains refuse to leave
before the others - almost 200 drown. British
steamer Calliope saves itself by pushing into
the wind with full speed.
May 31 -
South Fork Dam collapses in western
Pennsylvania, killing more than 2,200 people in
and around
Johnstown, Pennsylvania; the
Johnstown Flood.
June 3 - The first long distance
electric power transmission line in the United
States is completed, running 14 miles between a
generator at
Willamette Falls and downtown
Portland, Oregon.
June 6 - The
Great Seattle Fire ravages through the
downtown area without any fatalities.
June 8 - The Wall Street Journal is established.
June 12 - 88 are killed in the
Armagh rail disaster near
Armagh in
Northern Ireland.
Month of June - Vincent Van Gogh paints
Starry Night.
[edit]July
- September
[edit]October
- December
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