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||Donald Howard Menzel (b. April 11, 1901) was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the United States. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous nebulae. Pic.  
||Donald Howard Menzel (b. April 11, 1901) was one of the first theoretical astronomers and astrophysicists in the United States. He discovered the physical properties of the solar chromosphere, the chemistry of stars, the atmosphere of Mars, and the nature of gaseous nebulae. Pic.  


||Alberto González Domínguez (b. 11 April 1904) was an Argentine mathematician working on analysis, probability theory and quantum field theory.
||1904: Alberto González Domínguez born ... mathematician working on analysis, probability theory and quantum field theory.


||Philip Hall FRS (b. 11 April 1904), was an English mathematician. His major work was on group theory, notably on finite groups and solvable groups.
||1904: Philip Hall born ... mathematician. His major work was on group theory, notably on finite groups and solvable groups.


||Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer (d. 11 April 1908) was a German mathematician. He did research on differential equations, the calculus of variations and mechanics. Pic.  
||1908: Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer dies ... mathematician. He did research on differential equations, the calculus of variations and mechanics. Pic.  


||1908 – Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
||1908: Henry Bird dies ... chess player and author.


File:Tesla with ray gun.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla|1913: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Nikola Tesla]] uses polyphase alternating current technology to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
File:Tesla with ray gun.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla|1913: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Nikola Tesla]] uses polyphase alternating current technology to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
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File:Dorothy Lewis Bernstein.jpg|link=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician [[Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|Dorothy Lewis Bernstein]] born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.
File:Dorothy Lewis Bernstein.jpg|link=Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician [[Dorothy Lewis Bernstein (nonfiction)|Dorothy Lewis Bernstein]] born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.


||Leo Moser (b. April 11, 1921) was an Austrian-Canadian mathematician, best known for his polygon notation.
||1921: Leo Moser born ... mathematician, best known for his polygon notation.


File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1923: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1923: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  


||1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007)
||1926: Karl Rebane born ... physicist and academic.


||1947 – Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (d. 2016)
||1947: Lev Bulat born ... physicist and academic.


File:Kashmir Princess.jpg|link=Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|1955: The Air India [[Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|Kashmir Princess]] is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai.
File:Kashmir Princess.jpg|link=Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|1955: The Air India [[Kashmir Princess bombing (nonfiction)|Kashmir Princess]] is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai.

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  • 1789: Clockmaker Jean-André Lepaute dies. He was an innovator, introducing numerous improvements in clockmaking, especially his pin-wheel escapement, and his clockworks in which the gears are all in the horizontal plane.

    1789: Clockmaker Jean-André Lepaute dies. He was an innovator, introducing numerous improvements in clockmaking, especially his pin-wheel escapement, and his clockworks in which the gears are all in the horizontal plane.

  • 1913: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla uses polyphase alternating current technology to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

    1913: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla uses polyphase alternating current technology to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 1914: Mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.

    1914: Mathematician Dorothy Lewis Bernstein born. She will be the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.

  • 1923: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1923: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse in Seattle and Portland blamed on new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1955: The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai.

    1955: The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai.

  • 1956: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel escapes from The Nacreum, says he has been framed for crimes he did not commit by the enemies of Cornelius Drebbel.

    1956: Art critic and alleged supervillain The Eel escapes from The Nacreum, says he has been framed for crimes he did not commit by the enemies of Cornelius Drebbel.

  • 1962: Physicist and academic Ukichiro Nakaya dies. He created the first artificial snowflakes.

    1962: Physicist and academic Ukichiro Nakaya dies. He created the first artificial snowflakes.

  • 1980: Viking program: After operating on the surface of Mars for 1316 days (1281 sols), the Viking 2 lander is turned off when its batteries fail.

    1980: Viking program: After operating on the surface of Mars for 1316 days (1281 sols), the Viking 2 lander is turned off when its batteries fail.

  • 2006: The Venus Express spacecraft arrives at Venus after 153 days of journey, and begins continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.

    2006: The Venus Express spacecraft arrives at Venus after 153 days of journey, and begins continuously sending back science data from its polar orbit around Venus.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson calls for a moment of silence in recognition of the thirty-seventh anniversary of NASA switching off the Viking 2 spacecraft.

    2017: Dennis Paulson calls for a moment of silence in recognition of the thirty-seventh anniversary of NASA switching off the Viking 2 spacecraft.

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