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||1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996) | ||1925 – Seymour Cray, American computer scientist, founded the CRAY Computer Company (d. 1996) | ||
File:Martin David Kruskal.jpg||1925: Physicist and mathematician [[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]] born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons. | File:Martin David Kruskal.jpg|link=David Kruskal (nonfiction)|1925: Physicist and mathematician [[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]] born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons. | ||
||1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. | ||1951 – CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less than a month later. | ||
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1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.
1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.