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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.
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)
||Gerard Kitchen O'Neill (b. February 6, 1927) was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiments. Later, he invented a magnetic launcher called the mass driver. In the 1970s, he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space, including a space habitat design known as the O'Neill cylinder. Pic.


||1938: Crash of semi-rigid airship SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM.
||1938: Crash of semi-rigid airship SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM.

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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 crime-fighter Pierre Gassendi uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter Pierre Gassendi uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 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.

  • 1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter Galileo Ferraris invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents crimes against physics.

    1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter Galileo Ferraris invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents crimes against physics.

  • 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.

  • 1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

    1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

  • 1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

    1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

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