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||1969 – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906) | ||1969 – Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906) | ||
||Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (d. 24 June 1978) was a Soviet scientist in the field of mathematics and mechanics. He was one of the key figures behind Soviet space program. Among scientific circles of USSR Keldysh was known with epithet "the Chief Theoretician". Pic. | |||
||Peter Thullen (d. 1996 in Lonay) was a German/Ecuadorian mathematician. | ||Peter Thullen (d. 1996 in Lonay) was a German/Ecuadorian mathematician. | ||
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1709: Public test of Bartolomeu de Gusmão's airship fails to take place.
1860: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer publishes complete working plans for a submarine which is undetectable by alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1880: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen born. His work will find application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
1886: Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess wins Pulitzer prize, hailed as "most entertaining illustration of our time."