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||1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565) | ||1646 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (b. 1565) | ||
||1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628) | ||1694 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician and biologist (b. 1628) Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 29 November 1694) was an Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "Father of microscopical anatomy, histology, physiology and embryology". | ||
||1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687) | ||1759 – Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687) | ||
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1590: Philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin dies, killed by a fall in attempting to let himself down from the window of his cell. His prolific and versatile genius produced a great variety of works, but his reckless life and libelous letters led to imprisonment.
1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1849: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming born. He will invent the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube.
1855: London cholera map stolen by supervillain Abomynous; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies.
1893: Havelock survives shootout by playing dead.
1904: John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.
1918: Writer Madeleine L'Engle born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
1924: Composer Giacomo Puccini dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
1955: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins award for Best Reality TV Show.