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||1915: Henry Gwyn Jeffrey's Moseley dies ... physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number.  
||1915: Henry Gwyn Jeffrey's Moseley dies ... physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number.  
||1918: Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdmann Henrici dies ... mathematician who became a professor in London. Pic.


||1927: Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu born ... astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic.
||1927: Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu born ... astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic.

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  • 1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

    1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

  • 1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

    1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

  • 1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

    1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

  • 1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

    1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

  • 1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

    1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

  • 1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new theory of Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new theory of Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

  • 1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

    1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

  • 2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

    2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

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