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||1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula. | |||
||1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. | |||
||1802 – At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens. | |||
||1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people. | |||
||1817 – In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins. | |||
||1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. | |||
||1855 – The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published In Brooklyn. | |||
||1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States. | |||
File:Nakaya Ukichiro in 1946.jpg|link=Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|1900: Physicist and academic [[Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|Ukichiro Nakaya]] born. He will create the first artificial snowflakes. | File:Nakaya Ukichiro in 1946.jpg|link=Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|1900: Physicist and academic [[Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|Ukichiro Nakaya]] born. He will create the first artificial snowflakes. | ||
File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1976: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | |||
||1934 – Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design that would later be used in the atomic bomb. | |||
||1941 – Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv. | |||
File:William Shockley.jpg|William Shockley (nonfiction)|1951: Physicist and engineer [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] announces the invention of the junction transistor. | |||
||1961 – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years. | |||
||1977 – The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit | |||
|File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1976: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | |||
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1883: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] dies. | File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1883: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] dies. | ||
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series publishes complete plans for nuclear-powered fireworks display. | |||
|File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series publishes complete plans for nuclear-powered fireworks display. | |||
||1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars. | |||
File:Leonardo Draws Clock Head.jpg|link=Leonardo Draws Clock Head|1998: Signed first edition of ''[[Leonardo Draws Clock Head]]'' sells for one and a half million dollars. | |||
||1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation. | |||
File:Deep Impact.png|link=Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2005: The [[Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Deep Impact]] collider hits the comet Tempel 1. | File:Deep Impact.png|link=Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2005: The [[Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Deep Impact]] collider hits the comet Tempel 1. | ||
File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN. | |||
||2016 – The arrival of the Juno probe to Jupiter. | |||
File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|2017: Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
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Revision as of 07:39, 4 July 2017
1900: Physicist and academic Ukichiro Nakaya born. He will create the first artificial snowflakes.
1951: Physicist and engineer William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
1883: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams dies.
1998: Signed first edition of Leonardo Draws Clock Head sells for one and a half million dollars.
2005: The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2017: Outbreak of Geometrical frustration exposes new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
