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||1551: King Edward leaves the Three Brothers pendant with his Lord High Treasurer William Paulet for safekeeping. Pic. | |||
||1594: Roderigo Lopez executed ... physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her. A Portuguese converso or New Christian of Jewish ancestry, he is the only royal doctor in English history to have been executed, and may have inspired the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which was written within four years of his death. No DOB. Pic. | ||1594: Roderigo Lopez executed ... physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her. A Portuguese converso or New Christian of Jewish ancestry, he is the only royal doctor in English history to have been executed, and may have inspired the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which was written within four years of his death. No DOB. Pic. | ||
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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. Pic search | ||1911: Brooks Stevens born ... engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile. Pic search. | ||
||1911: Wang Zhuxi born ... physicist, educator, and philologist. Pic. | ||1911: Wang Zhuxi born ... physicist, educator, and philologist. Pic. | ||
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||1929: The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence. | ||1929: The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence. | ||
||1942: Alan Blumlein dies ... engineer ... important. Pic search | ||1942: Alan Blumlein dies ... engineer ... important. Pic search. | ||
File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|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 (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|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 (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | ||
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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. Pic search | ||1967: Anatoly Maltsev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search. | ||
||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 | ||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. | ||
||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.
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.
