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||1596: Francis Drake dies ... captain and explorer. DOB uncertain. Pic.
||1596: Francis Drake dies ... captain and explorer. DOB uncertain. Pic.
||1675: Erik Benzelius the younger born ... priest, theologian, librarian, bishop of Linköping, 1731-1742 and Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1742–1743. He was a highly learned man and one of Sweden's important Enlightenment figures. Pic.


||1687: Johann Balthasar Neumann born ... engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=johann+balthasar+neumann
||1687: Johann Balthasar Neumann born ... engineer and architect, designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=johann+balthasar+neumann

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  • 1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

    1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

  • 1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

    1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

  • 1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

    1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

  • 1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

    1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

  • 1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

    1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

  • 1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

    1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

  • 1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

    1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

  • 2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

  • 2016: Ringmaster declared Picture of the Day by citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Ringmaster declared Picture of the Day by citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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