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||1894: Emma Vyssotsky born ... astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
||1894: Emma Vyssotsky born ... astronomer and academic (d. 1975)


||1905: Felix Bloch born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1905: Felix Bloch born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
||1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.

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  • 1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

    1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical 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.

    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.

  • 1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

    1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

    1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

  • 2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

    2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

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