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||1621 Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)
||1621: Ralph Agas dies ... surveyor and cartographer.


File:Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan.png|link=Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]] born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
File:Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan.png|link=Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]] born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.


||Charles Adolphe Wurtz (b. 26 November 1817) was an Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds
||1810: William George Armstrong born ... industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside. He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist. In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. He is regarded as the inventor of modern artillery. Pic.


||1832 – Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)
||1817: Charles Adolphe Wurtz born ... chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds


||1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
||1832: Rudolph Koenig born ... physicist and academic.


||1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950)
||1836: John Loudon McAdam dies ... engineer.


||1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
||1876: Willis Carrier dies ... engineer, invented air conditioning.


||1894 – Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
||1885: Thomas Andrews dies ... chemist and physicist.


||1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
||1894: Norbert Wiener born ... mathematician and philosopher.


||Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons (b. 26 November 1901) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic.
||1898: Karl Ziegler born ... chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Sir Francis Harry Hinsley (b. 26 November 1918) was an English historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic.
||1901: William Sterling "Deak" Parsons born ... American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic.


||1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
||1918: Francis Harry Hinsley born ... historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic.


||1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000)
||1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.


||1926 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)
||1922: Charles M. Schulz born ... cartoonist, created Peanuts.


||1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
||1926: John Browning dies ... weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company.


||1933 Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015)
||1933: Tony Verna born ... director and producer, invented instant replay.


||1942 Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
||1942: Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City


||1965 In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
||1965: In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.


||1977 An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
||1977: An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.


||Ruth Moufang (d. November 26, 1977) was a German mathematician.
||1977: Ruth Moufang dies ... mathematician.


||1981 Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)
||1981: Max Euwe dies ... chess player, mathematician, and author.


||1983 Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
||1983: Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.


||1986 Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
||1986: Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.


||1990 The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
||1990: The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.


||1991 Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908)
||1991: Ed Heinemann dies ... engineer.


||1996 Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
||1996: Paul Rand dies ... art director and graphic designer.


||John L. Kelley (d. November 26, 1999) was an American mathematician at University of California, Berkeley who worked in general topology and functional analysis.
||1999: John L. Kelley dies ... mathematician at University of California, Berkeley who worked in general topology and functional analysis.


File:Mars_Science_Laboratory.jpg|link=Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|2011: The [[Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the ''Curiosity'' Rover.
File:Mars_Science_Laboratory.jpg|link=Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|2011: The [[Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the ''Curiosity'' Rover.


||2012 Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
||2012: Joseph Murray dies ... surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger (d. November 26, 2014) was a theoretical physicist
||2014: Marvin Leonard "Murph" Goldberger dies ... theoretical physicist


||2015 Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950)
||2015: Amir Aczel dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic.


|File:Aristotle - Roman copy after Greek bronze by Lysippos.jpg|link=Logic (nonfiction)|"A full understanding of [[Logic (nonfiction)|logic]] may require centuries of study," warns [[Aristotle (nonfiction)|Aristotle]].
|File:LogicGatesWorking.png|link=Logic gate (nonfiction)}|[[Logic gate (nonfiction)|Logic gate]] testifies in copmuter bug trial.
|File:First computer bug.jpg|link=Software defect (nonfiction)|[[Software defect (nonfiction)|Software bug]] convicted of computer crimes, sentenced to 300 hours of community service.
|File:Rosewater cannon deployment.jpg|link=Rosewater cannon|Invention of [[Rosewater cannon|smokeless rosewater cannon]].
|File:Ayn Rand signature 1949.svg|link=Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|[[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] drafts love letter to [[Aristotle (nonfiction)|Aristotle]].
|File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|2016: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
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