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||1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
||1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1572: Astronomer and crime-fighter [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] publishes improved astronomical observations using [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against astronomical constants]].


||1670 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1720)
||1670 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1720)
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||1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull – human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
||1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull – human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.


||William Thomas Astbury FRS (also Bill Astbury; 25 February 1898, Longton – 4 June 1961, Leeds) was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules.[2] His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.
||William Thomas Astbury (b. 25 February 1898, Longton) was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure. No pic.


||1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
||1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
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||1957 – Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
||1957 – Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)


||1971 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
File:Theodor Svedberg.jpg|link=Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|1971: Chemist and academic [[Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|Theodor Svedberg]] dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.


File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1972: Mathematician and academic [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.
File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1972: Mathematician and academic [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

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  • 1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

    1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.

  • 1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1864: Wallace War-Heels rescues lost band of travellers, gets them safely to Kansas City, then robs them of one-third of their money and possessions.

    1864: Wallace War-Heels rescues lost band of travellers, gets them safely to Kansas City, then robs them of one-third of their money and possessions.

  • 1971: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.

    1971: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.

  • 1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

    1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.

  • 1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

    1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

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