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||1704: John Kay born ... engineer, invented the Flying shuttle. No DOD. Pic.
||1704: John Kay born ... engineer, invented the Flying shuttle. No DOD. Pic.


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||1901: The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
||1901: The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
||1902: Harry Nelson Pillsbury dies ... chess player. Pic.


||1902: Hubert Schardin Hermann Reinhold born ... ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography. Pic.
||1902: Hubert Schardin Hermann Reinhold born ... ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography. Pic.
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||1906: Samuel S. Wilks born ... American mathematician and academic who played an important role in the development of mathematical statistics, especially in regard to practical applications. During World War II he was a consultant with the Office of Naval Research. Both during and after the War he had a profound impact on the application of statistical methods to all aspects of military planning. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=samuel+s.+wilks
||1906: Samuel S. Wilks born ... American mathematician and academic who played an important role in the development of mathematical statistics, especially in regard to practical applications. During World War II he was a consultant with the Office of Naval Research. Both during and after the War he had a profound impact on the application of statistical methods to all aspects of military planning. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=samuel+s.+wilks


||1911: Hans Maass born ... mathematician who introduced Maass wave forms (Maass 1949) and Koecher–Maass series (Maass 1950) and Maass–Selberg relations and who proved most of the Saito–Kurokawa conjecture. Pic.
||1911: Hans Maass born ... mathematician who introduced Maass wave forms, the Koecher–Maass series and Maass–Selberg relations, and who proved most of the Saito–Kurokawa conjecture. Pic.


||1920: François Jacob born ... biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate. Jacob, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff. Pic.
||1920: François Jacob born ... biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate. Jacob, together with Jacques Monod, originated the idea that control of enzyme levels in all cells occurs through regulation of transcription. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff. Pic.
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File:Bonus marchers.gif|link=Bonus Army (nonfiction)|1932: [[Bonus Army (nonfiction)|Bonus Army]]: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
File:Bonus marchers.gif|link=Bonus Army (nonfiction)|1932: [[Bonus Army (nonfiction)|Bonus Army]]: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1939: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the [[Watergate scandal]] virus.


||1940: Arthur Harden dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1940: Arthur Harden dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
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||1952: Jack Parsons dies ... chemist and engineer. Pic.
||1952: Jack Parsons dies ... chemist and engineer. Pic.


||1957: J. R. Williams dies ... cartoonist.
||1957: J. R. Williams dies ... cartoonist. Pic.


||1967: The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
||1967: The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
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File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.


||1982: Roberto Calvi dies ... banker.
||1982: Roberto Calvi dies ... banker. Pic.


||1984: Milbourne Christopher dies ... illusionist, magic historian, and author.
||1984: Milbourne Christopher dies ... illusionist, magic historian, and author. Pic.


||1985: STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
||1985: STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
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||2001: Donald J. Cram dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+j.+cram&oq=Donald+J.+Cram
||2001: Donald J. Cram dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+j.+cram&oq=Donald+J.+Cram


||2012: Nathan Divinsky dies ... mathematician and chess player.
||2012: Nathan Divinsky dies ... mathematician and chess player. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Nathan+Divinsky


||2018: Onorato Timothy O'Meara dies ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=O.+Timothy+O%27Meara
||2018: Onorato Timothy O'Meara dies ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=O.+Timothy+O%27Meara
|O’Meara Alt spelling
|O’Meara Alt spelling


File:Pilgrim.jpg|link=Pilgrim (image) (nonfiction)|2018: Steganograpic analysis of ''[[Pilgrim (image) (nonfiction)|Pilgrim]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least two hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.  
File:Self portrait (17 June 2022) 20220617 072846.jpg|link=Self portrait (17 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Self portrait (17 June 2022)|Self portrait]]'''.


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  • 1714: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury born. In 1744, he will begin the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates will be known as the Cassini map.

    1714: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury born. In 1744, he will begin the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates will be known as the Cassini map.

  • 1832: Chemist and physicist William Crookes born. Crookes will be a pioneer of vacuum tube technology, developing the partially evacuated Crookes tube circa 1869-1875.

    1832: Chemist and physicist William Crookes born. Crookes will be a pioneer of vacuum tube technology, developing the partially evacuated Crookes tube circa 1869-1875.

  • 1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.

    1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.

  • 1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

    1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

    1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

  • 2022: Self portrait.

    2022: Self portrait.

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