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||1802: Heinrich Gustav Magnus born ... chemist and physicist. Pic.
||1802: Heinrich Gustav Magnus born ... chemist and physicist. Pic.
||1834: Wilhelm Mauser born ... engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mauser Company. Pic.


||1844: Elijah J. McCoy born ... inventor and engineer who was notable for his 57 U.S. patents, most having to do with the lubrication of steam engines. Pic.
||1844: Elijah J. McCoy born ... inventor and engineer who was notable for his 57 U.S. patents, most having to do with the lubrication of steam engines. Pic.

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  • 1488: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci publishes groundbreaking treatise on applications of the Gnomon algorithm principle to powered flight.

    1488: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci publishes groundbreaking treatise on applications of the Gnomon algorithm principle to powered flight.

  • 1519: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

    1519: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.

  • 1602: Scholar and polymath Athanasius Kircher born. He will publish some 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.

    1602: Scholar and polymath Athanasius Kircher born. He will publish some 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.

  • 1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.

    1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.

  • 1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson born.

    1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson born.

  • 1986: Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

    1986: Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.

  • 1986: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian says he is "sick and tired of mopping up Chernobyl, among other things."

    1986: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian says he is "sick and tired of mopping up Chernobyl, among other things."

  • 2002: Mathematician, codebreaker, and academic W. T. Tutte dies. During the Second World War, he made a brilliant and fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system.

    2002: Mathematician, codebreaker, and academic W. T. Tutte dies. During the Second World War, he made a brilliant and fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, a major Nazi German cipher system.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Green Spiral 9 stolen from the Museum of Modern Art by criminal agents of the Forbidden Ratio.

    2018: Signed first edition of Green Spiral 9 stolen from the Museum of Modern Art by criminal agents of the Forbidden Ratio.

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