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File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1883: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death. | File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1883: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death. | ||
||1886: Richard March Hoe dies ... engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press. Pic. | ||1886: Richard March Hoe dies ... engineer and businessman, invented the Rotary printing press. Pic. | ||
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File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | ||
File:BOMARC missile battery.jpg|link=BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|1960: [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|An explosion in a helium tank causes a fire in a liquid-fueled, nuclear-tipped BOMARC missile]]. | File:BOMARC missile battery.jpg|link=BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|1960: [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|An explosion in a helium tank causes a fire in a liquid-fueled, nuclear-tipped BOMARC missile]]. | ||
||1967: Anatoly Maltsev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search. | ||1967: Anatoly Maltsev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search. | ||
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||2004: Joseph Leo "Joe" Doob dies ... mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory. He will develop the modern theory of martingales. Pic. | ||2004: Joseph Leo "Joe" Doob dies ... mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory. He will develop the modern theory of martingales. Pic. | ||
File: | File:Apple flowers (7 June 2022) 20220607 195745.jpg|link=Apple flowers (7 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Apple flowers (7 June 2022)]]'''. | ||
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1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.
1910: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield born. He will work on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provides the burst of neutrons that kick-starts the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.
1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.
2022: Apple flowers (7 June 2022).
