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||1910: Marion Post Wolcott born ... photographer ... Great Depression, | ||1910: Marion Post Wolcott born ... photographer ... Great Depression, | ||
||1911: Brooks Stevens born ... engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile. | ||1911: Brooks Stevens born ... engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=brooks+stevens+designer | ||
||1911: Wang Zhuxi born ... physicist, educator, and philologist. Pic. | ||1911: Wang Zhuxi born ... physicist, educator, and philologist. Pic. | ||
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File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1961: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' magazine published detailed plans for simulating the [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion]]. | File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1961: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' magazine published detailed plans for simulating the [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion]]. | ||
||1967: Anatoly Maltsev dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1967: Anatoly Maltsev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Anatoly+Maltsev+mathematician | ||
||1971: The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. | ||1971: Ken Ballew raid: The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Ballew_raid Pic scene: https://timeline.com/ballew-raid-nra-guns-3c60344f56c3 | ||
||1978: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1978: Ronald George Wreyford Norrish dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.
1884: Signed first edition of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess sells for eighty thousand dollars.
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1910: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield born. He will work on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provides the burst of neutrons that kick-starts the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.
1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.
1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
1961: Brainiac Explains magazine published detailed plans for simulating the BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
2017: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
