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||1936: Fang Lizhi born ... Chinese astrophysicist and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986–87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Pic.
||1936: Fang Lizhi born ... Chinese astrophysicist and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986–87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Pic.
||1939: S. P. L. Sørensen dies ... chemist and academic ... famous for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity. Pic.


File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1946: [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the [[Tunguska event (nonfiction)|original event]].
File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1946: [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the [[Tunguska event (nonfiction)|original event]].
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||1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
||1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.


||1947: Moses Gomberg dies ... chemist and academic.
File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1947: Chemist and academic [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] dies.


||1947: The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
||1947: The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.

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  • 1767: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent a cross-linked set of crimes against physics, astronomy, and mathematics.

    1767: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent a cross-linked set of crimes against physics, astronomy, and mathematics.

  • 1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic; he will also be a pioneer of the Turing machine as the central concept of predictability.

    1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic; he will also be a pioneer of the Turing machine as the central concept of predictability.

  • 1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. She will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

    1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. She will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

  • 1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. He made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. He made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Jemison Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

    1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Jemison Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

  • 1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

    1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

  • 1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies.

    1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies.

  • 1947: Chemist Moses Gomberg dies. He identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1947: Chemist Moses Gomberg dies. He identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Clepsydra".

    1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Clepsydra".

  • 1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

    1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

  • 1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

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    1994: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield dies. He worked on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provided the burst of neutrons that kick-started the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Green Tangle reveals "at least a megabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Green Tangle reveals "at least a megabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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