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||Thomas Young (d. 10 May 1829) was an English polymath and physician. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist) | ||Thomas Young (d. 10 May 1829) was an English polymath and physician. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist) | ||
||Diederik Johannes Korteweg (d. 10 May 1941) was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries. | |||
||1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923) | ||1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923) | ||
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28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
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1906: New York mobster and hit man Abe Reles born.
1958: Chrome Plover, the famed musical electroplating ensemble, perform new work in tribute to "Hello World" programs.
1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
1967: Brainiac Explains lecture series admits to illegal modification of "Hello World" computer program.