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|link=International Space Station (nonfiction)|1999: Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' completes the first docking with the [[International Space Station (nonfiction)|International Space Station]]. | |link=International Space Station (nonfiction)|1999: Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' completes the first docking with the [[International Space Station (nonfiction)|International Space Station]]. | ||
||Kazimierz Urbanik (d. May 29, 2005) was a prominent member of the Polish School of Mathematics. He founded the journal Probability and Mathematical Statistics and served as rector of the University of Wrocław. Pic. | |||
||2014 – Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923) | ||2014 – Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923) | ||
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1569: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to make improved astronomical observations.
1777: Physician and engineer John Mudge elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in the same year was awarded the Copley medal for his 'Directions for making the best Composition for the Metals for reflecting Telescopes; together with a Description of the Process for Grinding, Polishing, and giving the great Speculum the true Parabolic Curve'.
1917: Politician John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, born.
Einstein's theory of general relativity.