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  • 1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

    1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

  • 1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

    1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

  • 1929: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel attends birthday party for Nathan Rosen. They will later collaborate on ideas which will lead The Eel to construct a portable wormhole generator.

    1929: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel attends birthday party for Nathan Rosen. They will later collaborate on ideas which will lead The Eel to construct a portable wormhole generator.

  • 1948: Computer programmer and crime-fighter Jean Bartik uses the ENIAC computer to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1948: Computer programmer and crime-fighter Jean Bartik uses the ENIAC computer to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.

    1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.

  • 2011: Computer scientist Philippe Flajolet dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.

    2011: Computer scientist Philippe Flajolet dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.

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