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||1984 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) | ||1984 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) | ||
||1987 | File:Andrey Kolmogorov.jpg|link=Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|1987: Mathematician and academic [[Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|Andrey Kolmogorov]] dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity. | ||
||2012 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) | ||2012 – E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920) | ||
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1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.
1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
1987: Mathematician and academic Andrey Kolmogorov dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.
