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||1755 – James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
||1755 – James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
File:Jean-André Lepaute.jpg|link=Jean-André Lepaute (nonfiction)|1789: Clockmaker [[Jean-André Lepaute (nonfiction)|Jean-André Lepaute]] dies. He was an innovator, introducing numerous improvements in clockmaking, especially his pin-wheel escapement, and his clockworks in which the gears are all in the horizontal plane.


||1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1854)
||1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1854)

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  • 1601: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel warns The Eel to "stay out of Dutch waters."

    1601: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel warns The Eel to "stay out of Dutch waters."

  • 1789: Clockmaker Jean-André Lepaute dies. He was an innovator, introducing numerous improvements in clockmaking, especially his pin-wheel escapement, and his clockworks in which the gears are all in the horizontal plane.

    1789: Clockmaker Jean-André Lepaute dies. He was an innovator, introducing numerous improvements in clockmaking, especially his pin-wheel escapement, and his clockworks in which the gears are all in the horizontal plane.

  • 1914: Mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

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