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||1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993)
||1910 – Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-American gangster (d. 1993)


||1916 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (d. 2006) best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
File:John Crank.jpg|link=John Crank (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician and physicist [[John Crank (nonfiction)|John Crank]] born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.


||1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1992)
||1927 – Gerard K. O'Neill, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1992)

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  • 1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to investigate the possibility of certain knowledge.

    1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to investigate the possibility of certain knowledge.

  • 1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

    1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 1958: Woodward and Burroughs use Extract of Radium to predict location of the the Tybee Bomb.

    1958: Woodward and Burroughs use Extract of Radium to predict location of the the Tybee Bomb.

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