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||1635 – Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
File:Johann_Joachim_Becher.jpg|link=Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer [[Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|Johann Joachim Becher]] born. Becher will propose [[Phlogiston theory (nonfiction)|Phlogiston theory]] in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.


File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
||1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
||1782 – Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)


File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
||1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918) geomorphology, planetary science
||1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
||1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
||1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
||1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
||1906 – André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
||1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997) Robert Henry Dicke (/ˈdɪki/; May 6, 1916 – March 4, 1997) was an American physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.
||1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].


File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.


File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating [[Egon Rhodomunde]]'s hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration ''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' "almost certainly depicts the [[The Eel]] punching [[Colonel Zersetzung]] as they fall from the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg]]."


File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.


||1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
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||1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
 
||1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)


Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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||1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
 
||2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
 
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  • 1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

    1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

  • 1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

    1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

  • 1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

    1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

  • 1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

    1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

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