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||1871: French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
||1871: French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
||1873: Hans Berger born ... neurologist and academic ... best known as the inventor of electroencephalography (EEG) (a method for recording "brain waves") in 1924, coining the name,[1] and as the discoverer of the alpha wave rhythm, also known as the "Berger wave". Pic.


||1887: Ruth Law Oliver born ... pioneer American aviator during the 1910s. Pic cool aviation.
||1887: Ruth Law Oliver born ... pioneer American aviator during the 1910s. Pic cool aviation.

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  • 1471: Painter, engraver, and mathematician Albrecht Dürer born. Dürer will be regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist: his vast body of work will include altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

    1471: Painter, engraver, and mathematician Albrecht Dürer born. Dürer will be regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist: his vast body of work will include altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

  • 1670: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi dies. He published works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.

    1670: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi dies. He published works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.

  • 1859: Lawyer, translator, inventor, and APTO operative Per Georg Scheutz uses his Scheutzian calculation engine to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1859: Lawyer, translator, inventor, and APTO operative Per Georg Scheutz uses his Scheutzian calculation engine to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 1923: Mathematician and academic Armand Borel born. He will work in algebraic topology, and in the theory of Lie groups, contributing to the creation of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.

    1923: Mathematician and academic Armand Borel born. He will work in algebraic topology, and in the theory of Lie groups, contributing to the creation of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.

  • 1927: Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

    1927: Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • 1927: Pilot, engineer, and alleged time-traveler Henrietta Bolt touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop round-the-world flight.

    1927: Pilot, engineer, and alleged time-traveler Henrietta Bolt touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop round-the-world flight.

  • 1932: Amelia Earhart completes her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic when bad weather forces her to land in Derry, Northern Ireland, after a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes. Earhart is the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.

    1932: Amelia Earhart completes her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic when bad weather forces her to land in Derry, Northern Ireland, after a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes. Earhart is the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.

  • 1946: Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the so-called "demon core" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1946: Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the so-called "demon core" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • 1953: Logician and mathematician Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo dies. His work had major implications for the foundations of mathematics; he is known for his role in developing Zermelo–Fraenkel axiomatic set theory, and for his proof of the well-ordering theorem.

    1953: Logician and mathematician Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo dies. His work had major implications for the foundations of mathematics; he is known for his role in developing Zermelo–Fraenkel axiomatic set theory, and for his proof of the well-ordering theorem.

  • 2016: Wheel of Fire 2 is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Wheel of Fire 2 is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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