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||1862: John Ulric Nef born ... chemist and academic ... discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. Pic search. | ||1862: John Ulric Nef born ... chemist and academic ... discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. Pic search. | ||
||1868: Karl Landsteiner born ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1868: Karl Landsteiner born ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1871: Jacob Ellehammer born ... mechanic and | ||1871: Jacob Ellehammer born ... mechanic, watchmaker, and inventor, remembered chiefly for his contributions to powered flight. Pic (helicopter!). | ||
||1975: Heinrich Louis d'Arrest dies ... astronomer. Pic. | ||1975: Heinrich Louis d'Arrest dies ... astronomer. Pic. | ||
||1876: Jakob Meisenheimer born ... chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex. Pic. | ||1876: Jakob Meisenheimer born ... chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex. Pic. | ||
File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. | File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. | ||
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||1924: James Black born ... biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1924: James Black born ... biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
|| | ||1932: Danzig crisis of 1932 was an incident between the Free City of Danzig (modern Gdańsk, Poland) and Poland concerning whether the Polish government had the right to station warships in Danzig harbour, together with Poland's claim to represent Danzig with foreign powers. The incident was sparked on 14 June 1932 when a squadron of British destroyers visited Danzig and was greeted by the Polish destroyer Wicher which had entered Danzig harbour without the permission of the Senate of the Free City. The incident led to the Danzig authorities reluctantly ceding the right of Poland to station its warships in Danzig, the renewal of the agreement governing Polish rights in the Free City and within Poland a shift towards navalism. Pic | ||
File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1946: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television. | File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1946: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television. | ||
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||1946: Federigo Enriques dies ... mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||1946: Federigo Enriques dies ... mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||
||1949: Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. | ||1949: Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. Pic (grief). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space | ||
||1951: UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. | ||1951: UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. | ||
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||1967: China tests its first hydrogen bomb. | ||1967: China tests its first hydrogen bomb. | ||
||1968: Asteroid 1566 Icarus ... came as close as 0.042482 AU (6,355,200 km), or 16 LD. During this approach, Icarus became the first minor planet to be observed using radar, with measurements obtained at the Haystack Observatory and the Goldstone Tracking Station. Pic. | ||1968: Asteroid 1566 Icarus ... came as close as 0.042482 AU (6,355,200 km), or 16 LD. During this approach, Icarus became the first minor planet to be observed using radar, with measurements obtained at the Haystack Observatory and the Goldstone Tracking Station. Pic. | ||
File:Jorge Luis Borges.jpg|link=Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator [[Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|Jorge Luis Borges]] dies. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and ''El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion. | File:Jorge Luis Borges.jpg|link=Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator [[Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|Jorge Luis Borges]] dies. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and ''El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion. | ||
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1995: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times. | File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1995: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times. | ||
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||2014: María Josefa Wonenburger Planells dies ... mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic. | ||2014: María Josefa Wonenburger Planells dies ... mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic. | ||
File: | File:Self portrait (14 June 2022) 20220614_194330.jpg|link=Self portrait (14 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Self portrait (14 June 2022)|Self portrait]]'''. | ||
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1791: Polymath Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
1903: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.
1946: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges dies. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.
1995: Writer Roger Zelazny dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
1995:The Custodian offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer Roger Zelazny.
2022: Self portrait.