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||1453 – Johannes Engel, German doctor, astronomer and astrologer (d. 1512) | |||
||1729 – Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662) | |||
||Pietro Paoli (b. March 2, 1759) was an Italian mathematician. | |||
File:Signaling by Napoleonic semaphore line.jpg|link=Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore telegraph machine]] in Paris. | File:Signaling by Napoleonic semaphore line.jpg|link=Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a [[Semaphore telegraph (nonfiction)|semaphore telegraph machine]] in Paris. | ||
||1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities. | |||
||1830 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755) | |||
||1840 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (b. 1758) | |||
||1880 – John Benjamin Macneill, Irish engineer (b. 1790) | |||
||1886 – Kurt Grelling, German logician and philosopher (d. 1942) | |||
||1901 – Grete Hermann, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1984) | |||
||1902 – Edward Condon, American physicist and academic (d. 1974) | |||
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] builds new type of [[scrying engine]] which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] builds new type of [[scrying engine]] which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (d. 2012) | |||
||1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. | |||
||1962 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (b. 1866) | |||
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1972: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. | File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1972: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets. | ||
||1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark. | |||
||1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice. | |||
File:Niles Cartouchian interrogates Fugitive Rubies.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|2017: Famed gem detective [[Niles Cartouchian]] captures supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]]. | File:Niles Cartouchian interrogates Fugitive Rubies.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|2017: Famed gem detective [[Niles Cartouchian]] captures supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]]. | ||
||2017 – The elements Moscovium, Tennessine, and Oganesson were officially added to the periodic table at a conference in Moscow, Russia | |||
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Revision as of 17:56, 5 November 2017
1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.
1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington builds new type of scrying engine which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.
1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
2017: Famed gem detective Niles Cartouchian captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies.