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||1793 – Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857) | |||
||1818 – Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878) | |||
File:George Ellery Hale.jpg|link=George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|1868: Astronomer and journalist [[George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|George Ellery Hale]] born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes. | File:George Ellery Hale.jpg|link=George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|1868: Astronomer and journalist [[George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|George Ellery Hale]] born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes. | ||
File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1869: ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize for Most Astonishing Illustration of the Year. | File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1869: ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize for Most Astonishing Illustration of the Year. | ||
||1873 – Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938) | |||
||1888 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925) | |||
File:Thomas Henry Huxley.jpg|link=Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|1895: Biologist [[Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|Thomas Henry Huxley]] dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. | File:Thomas Henry Huxley.jpg|link=Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|1895: Biologist [[Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|Thomas Henry Huxley]] dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. | ||
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File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1963: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses new theory of quantum electronics to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1963: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses new theory of quantum electronics to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer. | |||
||1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. | |||
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1868: Astronomer and journalist George Ellery Hale born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
1869: Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus wins Pulitzer Prize for Most Astonishing Illustration of the Year.
1895: Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
1963: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov uses new theory of quantum electronics to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.