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||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.


File:Euglena Junction.jpg|link=Euglena Junction|1973: First broadcast episode of ''[[Euglena Junction]]''.
File:Euglena Junction.jpg|link=Euglena Junction|1973: First broadcast episode of ''[[Euglena Junction]]''. A highly experimental program, even for ABC, ''[[Euglena Junction]]'' will later inspire a generation of [[Reality television (nonfiction)|reality television]] producers.


||1986: Kurt Hirsch dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1986: Kurt Hirsch dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.

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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.

  • 1973: First broadcast episode of Euglena Junction. A highly experimental program, even for ABC, Euglena Junction will later inspire a generation of reality television producers.

    1973: First broadcast episode of Euglena Junction. A highly experimental program, even for ABC, Euglena Junction will later inspire a generation of reality television producers.

  • 2011: Physicist Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. dies. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which has important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.

    2011: Physicist Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. dies. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which has important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.

  • 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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