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||1519: Johannes Crato von Krafftheim born ... humanist and physician (d. 1585). Pic.
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||1718: Blackbeard dies ... English pirate.. Pic.
||1519: Johannes Crato von Krafftheim born ... humanist and physician. Pic.
 
||1718: Blackbeard dies ... English pirate. Pic.


||1721: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres born ... cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Pic.
||1721: Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres born ... cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Pic.
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||1896: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. dies ... engineer, invented the Ferris wheel. Pic.
||1896: George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. dies ... engineer, invented the Ferris wheel. Pic.


||1897: Paul Oswald Ahnert born ... astronomer and educator. No pic.
||1897: Astronomer and educator Paul Oswald Ahnert born. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Paul+Oswald+Ahnert


||1904: Louis Néel born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1904: Louis Néel born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1907: Asaph Hall III born ... an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars.
||1907: Asaph Hall III born ... an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered the moons of Mars, Deimos and Phobos, in 1877. He determined the orbits of satellites of other planets and of double stars, the rotation of Saturn, and the mass of Mars. Pic (cool).


||1909: Mikhail Mil born ... engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.
||1909: Mikhail Mil born ... engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. Pic (stamp).


File:Jack London 1903.jpg|link=Jack London (nonfiction)|1916: Author [[Jack London (nonfiction)|Jack London]] dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
File:Jack London 1903.jpg|link=Jack London (nonfiction)|1916: Author [[Jack London (nonfiction)|Jack London]] dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.


||1917: Andrew Huxley born ... physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1917: Andrew Huxley born ... physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1922: Eugene Stoner born ... engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle.
||1922: Eugene Stoner born ... engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle. Pic.


||1935: The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.
||1935: The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila.


||1939: Tom West born ... engineer and author ... ''Soul of a New Machine''.
||1939: Tom West born ... engineer and author ... ''Soul of a New Machine''. Pic.


File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
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File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|1965: [[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.
File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|1965: [[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.
|File:Clandestiphrine proposal.jpg|link=Clandestiphrine|1967: [[Clandestiphrine]] trafficking money laundered via ''[[The Little Petroleum Sample That Could]]'', say [[transdimensional drug]] authorities.


||1972: Horia Hulubei dies ... nuclear physicist, known for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy. Pic.
||1972: Horia Hulubei dies ... nuclear physicist, known for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy. Pic.
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||1977: British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
||1977: British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.


||1981: Hans Adolf Krebs dies ... physician and biochemist.He was the pioneer scientist in study of cellular respiration, a biochemical pathway in cells for production of energy.[7][8] He is best known for his discoveries of two important chemical reactions in the body, namely the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The latter, the key sequence of metabolic reactions that produces energy in cells, often eponymously known as the "Krebs cycle", earned him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953.
||1981: Hans Adolf Krebs dies ... physician and biochemist.He was the pioneer scientist in study of cellular respiration, a biochemical pathway in cells for production of energy. He is best known for his discoveries of two important chemical reactions in the body, namely the urea cycle and the citric acid cycle. The latter, the key sequence of metabolic reactions that produces energy in cells, often eponymously known as the "Krebs cycle", earned him a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1953. Pic.


||1987: Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
||1987: Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

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  • 1916: Author Jack London dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.

    1916: Author Jack London dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.

  • 1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

    1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.

  • 1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.

    1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.

  • 1963: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley dies. He was acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

    1963: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley dies. He was acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

  • 1963: United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.

    1963: United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.

  • 1965: Umbrella Man witnesses rubbed with Clandestiphrine, 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.

    1965: Umbrella Man witnesses rubbed with Clandestiphrine, 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.

  • 1998: Physicist Harry Lehmann dies. He contributed to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

    1998: Physicist Harry Lehmann dies. He contributed to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

  • 2017: Crimson Blossom 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2017: Crimson Blossom 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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