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||1950: Georges Imbert dies ... chemical engineer and inventor. Pic search.
||1950: Georges Imbert dies ... chemical engineer and inventor. Pic search.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] calls the upcoming  [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]]  "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."


File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: Air Force and Navy personnel begin search for [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb, which was lost in an accident the day before]].
File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: Air Force and Navy personnel begin search for [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb, which was lost in an accident the day before]].
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1959: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises funds for new comedy film about the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee nuclear bomb accident]], denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."


||1959: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. Pic.
||1959: Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit. Pic.

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  • 1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

    1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

    1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

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