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||Alvin Cushman Graves (b. November 4, 1909) was an American nuclear physicist who served at the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. After the war, he became the head of J (Test) Division at Los Alamos, and was director or assistant director of numerous nuclear weapons tests during the 1940s and 1950s. Pic.
||Alvin Cushman Graves (b. November 4, 1909) was an American nuclear physicist who served at the Manhattan Project's Metallurgical Laboratory and the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. After the war, he became the head of J (Test) Division at Los Alamos, and was director or assistant director of numerous nuclear weapons tests during the 1940s and 1950s. Pic.


||1921 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American scientist and engineer (d. 2004)
||1921: Mary Sherman Morgan born ... scientist and engineer.


||Andrew Mattei Gleason (b. 1921) was an American mathematician who as a young World War II naval officer broke German and Japanese military codes, then over the succeeding sixty years made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a leader in reform and innovation in math­e­mat­ics teaching at all levels. Pic.
||1921: Andrew Mattei Gleason born ... mathematician who as a young World War II naval officer broke German and Japanese military codes, then over the succeeding sixty years made fundamental contributions to widely varied areas of mathematics, including the solution of Hilbert's fifth problem, and was a leader in reform and innovation in math­e­mat­ics teaching at all levels. Pic.


||1922 – In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
||1922: In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.


||1929 – Shakuntala Devi, Indian mathematician and astrologer (d. 2013)
||1929: Shakuntala Devi born ... mathematician and astrologer.


||1933 – Charles K. Kao, Chinese physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
||1944: Gale Ann Benson born ... model, socialite and daughter of Conservative MP Leonard Plugge. She was buried alive and murdered in Trinidad by activist Michael X and members of his Black Power group.


||Gale Ann Benson (b. 4 November 1944) was a British model, socialite and daughter of Conservative MP Leonard Plugge. She was buried alive and murdered in Trinidad by activist Michael X and members of his Black Power group.
||1952: The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.


||1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA.
||1959: Friedrich Waismann dies ... mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle.


||1959 – Friedrich Waismann, Austrian mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1896)
||1962: The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.


||1962 – The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
||1986: Kurt Hirsch dies ... mathematician and academic.


||1986 – Kurt Hirsch, German-English mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
||1992: George Klein dies ... engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair.


||1992 – George Klein, Canadian engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair (b. 1904)
||2007: Karl Rebane dies ... physicist and academic.


||2007 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (b. 1926)
||2008: Michael Crichton dies ... physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter.


||2008 – Michael Crichton, American physician, author, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
||2011: Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. dies ... physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. Pic.


||Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (d. November 4, 2011) was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics, for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. Pic.
||2014: S. Donald Stookey dies ... physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare.


||2014 – S. Donald Stookey, American physicist and chemist, invented CorningWare (b. 1915)
File:Fire Dance.jpg|link=Fire Dance (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Fire Dance (nonfiction)|Fire Dance]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


|File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|Supervillain [[Anarchimedes]] generates earthquakes in the [[Waif (physics)|two to four kilo-waif]] range.
|File:Anna_Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|[[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]], wax anatomist and crime-fighter, runs a safe house for homeless [[Organic golem|organic golems]].
|File:Golem and Loew.jpg|link=Golem (nonfiction)|Rabbi Lowe inspects [[Golem (nonfiction)|traditional golem]] for organic toxins.
|File:Color wheel by Goethe 1809.jpg|link=Color (nonfiction)|[[Color (nonfiction)|Color wheel]] declines to serve on [[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] board of directors.
|File:Fluorescence chemistry.jpg|link=Chromo-Pee Olympics|[[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] champion urinates five distinct [[Color (nonfiction)|colors]].
|File:Allumette Empyrées.jpg|link=Les Empyrées|''[[Les Empyrées]]'' accidentally set fire to [[Lyoluminescence (nonfiction)|lyoluminescence]] laboratory.
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  • 1652: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille dies. He published a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.

    1652: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille dies. He published a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.

  • 1698: Physician, mathematician, and physicist Rasmus Bartholin dies. He discovered the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar, publishing an accurate description of the phenomenon in 1669.

    1698: Physician, mathematician, and physicist Rasmus Bartholin dies. He discovered the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar, publishing an accurate description of the phenomenon in 1669.

  • 1850: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter James Clerk Maxwell publishes landmark paper on applications of thermodynamics to the computation and prevent of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1850: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter James Clerk Maxwell publishes landmark paper on applications of thermodynamics to the computation and prevent of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1851: The Royal Canadian Institute, created by engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming and several friends, is granted a royal charter.

    1851: The Royal Canadian Institute, created by engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming and several friends, is granted a royal charter.

  • 2017: Fire Dance voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2017: Fire Dance voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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