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||1891: Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. Pic. | ||1891: Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching. Pic. | ||
||1904: Ralph Kronig born ... physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. | ||1904: Ralph Kronig born ... physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Pic. | ||
||1920: Boris Vian born ... polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. | ||1920: Boris Vian born ... polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Pic. | ||
File:Val Fitch.jpg|link=Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|1923: Physicist and academic [[Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|Val Logsdon Fitch]] born. He will share the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics with co-researcher James Cronin for a 1964 experiment which proves that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles (CP violation). | File:Val Fitch.jpg|link=Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|1923: Physicist and academic [[Val Logsdon Fitch (nonfiction)|Val Logsdon Fitch]] born. He will share the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics with co-researcher James Cronin for a 1964 experiment which proves that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles (CP violation). | ||
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File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1936: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]] invents an early form of all-electronic [[scrying engine]] which detects and exposes [[transdimensional corporations]]. | File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1936: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]] invents an early form of all-electronic [[scrying engine]] which detects and exposes [[transdimensional corporations]]. | ||
||1942: Wilbur Scoville dies ... pharmacist and chemist. | ||1942: Wilbur Scoville dies ... pharmacist and chemist. Pic. | ||
|File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps modifies [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to power new type of [[scrying engine]] intended to detect and counterattack [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps modifies [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to power new type of [[scrying engine]] intended to detect and counterattack [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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File:Karl Jones winter hat February 2017.jpg|link=Karl Jones (nonfiction)|1961: [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] born. | File:Karl Jones winter hat February 2017.jpg|link=Karl Jones (nonfiction)|1961: [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]] born. | ||
||1966: Frits Zernike dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | |||
||1966: Frits Zernike dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | |||
File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1967: Engineer, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] invents new type of scanning electron microscope which detects and prevents [[crimes against physical constants]]. | File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1967: Engineer, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] invents new type of scanning electron microscope which detects and prevents [[crimes against physical constants]]. | ||
||1977: Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. | ||1977: Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. Pic. | ||
||2000: Nim Chimpsky dies ... chimpanzee that was the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition (codenamed 6.001) at Columbia University. Pic. | ||2000: Nim Chimpsky dies ... chimpanzee that was the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition (codenamed 6.001) at Columbia University. Pic. | ||
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1262: First use of Yui's triangle to compute the APTO Accords.
1604: Alchemist and chemist Johann Rudolf Glauber born. He will be an early industrial chemical engineer.
1604: Mathematician and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei prevents alleged supervillain Anarchimedes from kidnapping the newborn Johann Rudolf Glauber. Anarchimedes intended to raise Glauber in captivity, taking credit for Glauber's chemical research.
1670: Alchemist and chemist Johann Rudolf Glauber dies. He was an early industrial chemical engineer.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1923: Physicist and academic Val Logsdon Fitch born. He will share the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics with co-researcher James Cronin for a 1964 experiment which proves that certain subatomic reactions do not adhere to fundamental symmetry principles (CP violation).
1936: Inventor and crime-fighter Philo Farnsworth invents an early form of all-electronic scrying engine which detects and exposes transdimensional corporations.
1961: Karl Jones born.
1967: Engineer, inventor, and crime-fighter Charles William Oatley invents new type of scanning electron microscope which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.
2006: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the eleventh anniversary of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arriving at Mars.
2016: Embassy by Karl Jones is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.