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||1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904) | ||1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904) | ||
||Isambard Kingdom Brunel FRS (d. 15 September 1859), was an English mechanical and civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history" | |||
||1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) | ||1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) | ||
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1736: Astronomer, mathematician, and politician Jean Sylvain Bailly born. His work as an astronomer lead to his recognition and admiration by the European scientific community.
1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian.
1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1945: Extract of Radium distributor and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung uses the death of physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian as a pretext for stealing the demon core.
1989: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm function.