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File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1601: Submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] warns [[The Eel]] to "stay out of Dutch waters." | File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1601: Submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] warns [[The Eel]] to "stay out of Dutch waters." | ||
||1626 – Marino Ghetaldi, Ragusan mathematician and physicist (b. 1568) | |||
||1755 – James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824) | |||
||1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1854) | |||
||1862 – William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1938) | |||
||1895 – Julius Lothar Meyer, German chemist (b. 1830) | |||
||1899 – Percy Lavon Julian, African-American chemist and academic (d. 1975) | |||
||Alberto González Domínguez (b. 11 April 1904) was an Argentine mathematician working on analysis, probability theory and quantum field theory. | |||
||1908 – Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829) | |||
File:Dorothy Lewis Bernstein.jpg|link=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician [[Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|Dorothy Lewis Bernstein]] born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America. | File:Dorothy Lewis Bernstein.jpg|link=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician [[Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|Dorothy Lewis Bernstein]] born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1923: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1923: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007) | |||
||1947 – Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016) | |||
File:Kashmir Princess.jpg|link=Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|1955: The Air India [[Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|Kashmir Princess]] is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai. | File:Kashmir Princess.jpg|link=Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|1955: The Air India [[Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|Kashmir Princess]] is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai. | ||
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1956: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] escapes from [[The Nacreum]], says he has been framed for crimes he did not commit by the enemies of Cornelius Drebbel. | File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1956: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] escapes from [[The Nacreum]], says he has been framed for crimes he did not commit by the enemies of Cornelius Drebbel. | ||
||1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem. | |||
File:Nakaya Ukichiro in 1946.jpg|link=Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|1962: Physicist and academic [[Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|Ukichiro Nakaya]] dies. He created the first artificial snowflakes. | File:Nakaya Ukichiro in 1946.jpg|link=Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|1962: Physicist and academic [[Ukichiro Nakaya (nonfiction)|Ukichiro Nakaya]] dies. He created the first artificial snowflakes. | ||
||1970 – Apollo 13 is launched. | |||
File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1980: Viking program: After operating on the surface of Mars for 1316 days (1281 sols), the [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] lander is turned off when its batteries fail. | File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1980: Viking program: After operating on the surface of Mars for 1316 days (1281 sols), the [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] lander is turned off when its batteries fail. | ||
||1987 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919) | |||
||1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. | |||
File:Venus Express in orbit.jpg|link=Venus Express (nonfiction)|2006: The [[Venus Express (nonfiction)|Venus Express]] spacecraft arrives at Venus after 153 days of journey, and begins continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus. | File:Venus Express in orbit.jpg|link=Venus Express (nonfiction)|2006: The [[Venus Express (nonfiction)|Venus Express]] spacecraft arrives at Venus after 153 days of journey, and begins continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus. | ||
||2003 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900) | |||
||2006 – Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium. | |||
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Revision as of 18:11, 5 November 2017
1601: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel warns The Eel to "stay out of Dutch waters."
1914: Mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.
1923: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1955: The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai.
1956: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel escapes from The Nacreum, says he has been framed for crimes he did not commit by the enemies of Cornelius Drebbel.
1962: Physicist and academic Ukichiro Nakaya dies. He created the first artificial snowflakes.
1980: Viking program: After operating on the surface of Mars for 1316 days (1281 sols), the Viking 2 lander is turned off when its batteries fail.
2006: The Venus Express spacecraft arrives at Venus after 153 days of journey, and begins continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.