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File:Edwin Hubble.jpg|link=Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|1953: Astronomer and cosmologist [[Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|Edwin Hubble]] dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way. | File:Edwin Hubble.jpg|link=Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|1953: Astronomer and cosmologist [[Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|Edwin Hubble]] dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way. | ||
||1961: Erich Kamke dies ... mathematician, who specialized in the theory of differential equations. Also, his book on set theory became a standard introduction to the field. | ||1961: Erich Kamke dies ... mathematician, who specialized in the theory of differential equations. Also, his book on set theory became a standard introduction to the field. Pic. | ||
||1969: At about 10:58 local time, near the town of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, a bright fireball was observed to separate into three fragments before disappearing, leaving a cloud of smoke. | ||1969: At about 10:58 local time, near the town of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, a bright fireball was observed to separate into three fragments before disappearing, leaving a cloud of smoke. | ||
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||1973: The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11, 1973 coup d'état in Chile. | ||1973: The ITT Building in New York City is bombed in protest at ITT's alleged involvement in the September 11, 1973 coup d'état in Chile. | ||
||Géza Fodor dies ... mathematician, working in set theory. He proved Fodor's lemma on stationary sets, one of the most important, and most used results in set theory. Pic. | ||1977: Géza Fodor dies ... mathematician, working in set theory. He proved Fodor's lemma on stationary sets, one of the most important, and most used results in set theory. Pic. | ||
||1976: Margherita Piazzola Beloch dies ... mathematician ... worked in algebraic geometry, algebraic topology and photogrammetry. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=margherita+piazzola+beloch | |||
||1979: John Herbert Chapman dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=john+herbert+chapman | ||1979: John Herbert Chapman dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=john+herbert+chapman | ||
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1494: Doctor, astronomer, and crime-fighter Johannes Engel publishes an almanac which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict crimes against astronomical constants with unprecedented accuracy.
1605: Mathematician and astronomer Ismaël Bullialdus born. He will be an active member of the Republic of Letters, and an early defender of the ideas of Copernicus, Kepler and Galileo.
1890 (or 1892): Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie born. She will be was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.
1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a chemical warfare attack in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
1925: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal born. He will make fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
1953: Astronomer and cosmologist Edwin Hubble dies. He discovered the fact that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way.
2016: Blue Green Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.