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||1926: Chemist and academic George William Gray born. He will be instrumental in developing the long-lasting materials which made liquid crystal displays possible. He created and systematised the liquid crystal materials science, and established a method of practical molecular design. Pic.
||1926: Chemist and academic George William Gray born. He will be instrumental in developing the long-lasting materials which made liquid crystal displays possible. He created and systematised the liquid crystal materials science, and established a method of practical molecular design. Pic.


||1927: John McCarthy born ... computer scientist and academic.
||1927: John McCarthy born ... computer scientist and academic. Pic.


||1941: World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
||1941: World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
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||1949: The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
||1949: The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.


||1965: Albert Schweitzer dies ... theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.  
||1965: Albert Schweitzer dies ... theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician. Pic.


||1967: Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
||1967: Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.


||1969: Marcel Riesz born ... mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras.
||1969: Marcel Riesz born ... mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=marcel+riesz


||1970: Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
||1970: Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile. Pic.


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File:Vanitas Still life with Books, a Globe, a Skull, a Violin and a Fan.jpg|link=1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (nonfiction)|1972: Paintings and jewelry worth millions are [[1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery (nonfiction)|stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts]].

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  • 1784: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury dies. In 1744, he began the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates are known as the Cassini map.

    1784: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury dies. In 1744, he began the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates are known as the Cassini map.

  • 1881: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes arrives at New Minneapolis, where he will write his well-known essay, A Noble Experiment.

    1881: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes arrives at New Minneapolis, where he will write his well-known essay, A Noble Experiment.

  • 1882: Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.

    1882: Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.

  • 1883: Physicist and crime-fighter Gustav Kirchhoff uses the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1883: Physicist and crime-fighter Gustav Kirchhoff uses the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1888: George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

    1888: George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

  • 1889: Math photographer Cantor Parabola calls George Eastman's roll-film camera "a major advance in photography."

    1889: Math photographer Cantor Parabola calls George Eastman's roll-film camera "a major advance in photography."

  • 1972: Paintings and jewelry worth millions are stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

    1972: Paintings and jewelry worth millions are stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

  • 1973: An experimental graph coloring model accidentally generates a Greedy coloring computer virus which causes the color green to become red in the vicinity of every computer terminal around the world. The virus will be eliminated several hours later by APTO troubleshooters, restoring green to its normal appearance.

    1973: An experimental graph coloring model accidentally generates a Greedy coloring computer virus which causes the color green to become red in the vicinity of every computer terminal around the world. The virus will be eliminated several hours later by APTO troubleshooters, restoring green to its normal appearance.

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