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File:Florence_Newman_(1940s).jpg|link=Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|1961: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and alleged time-traveller [[Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|Florence Newman Trefethen]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use [[high-energy literature]] sensors to analyze the form and function of poetry. | File:Florence_Newman_(1940s).jpg|link=Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|1961: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and alleged time-traveller [[Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|Florence Newman Trefethen]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use [[high-energy literature]] sensors to analyze the form and function of poetry. | ||
||1966: The 1966 NASA T-38 crash occurred when a NASA Northrop T-38 Talon crashed at Lambert Field in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 28, 1966, killing two Project Gemini astronauts, Elliot See and Charles Bassett. The aircraft, piloted by See, crashed into the McDonnell Aircraft building where their Gemini 9 spacecraft was being assembled. The weather was poor with rain, snow, fog, and low clouds. A NASA panel, headed by the Chief of the Astronaut Office, Alan Shepard, investigated the crash. While the panel considered possible medical issues or aircraft maintenance problems, in addition to the weather and air traffic control factors, the end verdict was that the crash was caused by pilot error. Pic. | |||
||1988: Cartoonist Milton Caniff dies. ''Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Cannon''. Pic. | ||1988: Cartoonist Milton Caniff dies. ''Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Cannon''. Pic. | ||
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1533: Philosopher and author Michel de Montaigne born. He will be one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
1552: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1961: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and alleged time-traveller Florence Newman Trefethen discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use high-energy literature sensors to analyze the form and function of poetry.
2017: Steganographic analysis of excerpt from "Burglars" unexpected reveals "at least half a gigabyte of encrypted data, probably related to the ENIAC program".