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||1912: Robert Alden Cornog born ... physicist and engineer who helped develop the atomic bomb and missile systems from the Snark to the Minuteman. Pic. | ||1912: Robert Alden Cornog born ... physicist and engineer who helped develop the atomic bomb and missile systems from the Snark to the Minuteman. Pic. | ||
||2013: Chia-Chiao Lin dies ... mathematician and academic ... made contributions to the theory of hydrodynamic stability, turbulent flow, mathematics, and astrophysics. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=chia-chiao+lin | |||
||1918: George Mary Searle dies ... astronomer and Catholic priest. Pic. | ||1918: George Mary Searle dies ... astronomer and Catholic priest. Pic. | ||
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1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Christiaan Huygens publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1947: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung announces plan to sell shares in the career of Joseph McCarthy, calls it "a new day in political campaigning."