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||1962: As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place. | ||1962: As a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test takes place. | ||
||1971: Roger Adams dies ... organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. Pic. | |||
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1989: [[Rhizolith Group]] performs at [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis Canadian]] Arts Festival. | File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1989: [[Rhizolith Group]] performs at [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis Canadian]] Arts Festival. | ||
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1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop Johann Regiomontanus dies. His contributions will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the follwing decades.
1913: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark born. He will oversee the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
1989: Rhizolith Group performs at New Minneapolis Canadian Arts Festival.
1990: The Electronic Freedom Foundation is founded. EFF is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.
1990: Signed original edition of Alice Beta Paragliding sells for one and a half million dollars in charity auction for Electronic Freedom Foundation.