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||1921 – Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010) | ||1921 – Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010) | ||
||John "Jack" Roland Redman (d. May 29, 1970) was an admiral in the United States Navy. A naval communications officer, he played key roles in signals intelligence during World War II in Washington, D.C., and on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. | |||
|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]]. | ||
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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.