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||1991: Ed Heinemann dies ... military aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Pic. | ||1991: Ed Heinemann dies ... military aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Pic. | ||
||1996: Paul Rand dies ... art director and graphic designer. | ||1996: Paul Rand dies ... art director and graphic designer. Pic. | ||
||1999: John L. Kelley dies ... 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. Pic. | ||
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. | ||
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1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist 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.
1753: Mathematician and APTO theorist Abraham de Moivre publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, with an addendum on applications of Gnomon algorithm functions to the psychology of crimes against mathematical constants.
2011: The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.