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||1839: Josephine Cochrane born ... inventor ... Dish washing machine. Pic: stamp.
||1839: Josephine Cochrane born ... inventor ... Dish washing machine. Pic: stamp.
File:Hans Christian Ørsted.jpg|link=Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|1840: Physicist, chemist, and crime-fighter [[Hans Christian Ørsted (nonfiction)|Hans Christian Ørsted]] uses magnetic fields created by electric currents to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1848: LaMarcus Adna Thompson born ... engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster. Pic.
||1848: LaMarcus Adna Thompson born ... engineer and businessman, developed the roller coaster. Pic.
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||1927: Gerard A. "Gerry" Salton born ... Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time, and "the father of Information Retrieval". His group at Cornell developed the SMART Information Retrieval System, which he initiated when he was at Harvard. Pic: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Department/Annual95/Faculty/Salton.html
||1927: Gerard A. "Gerry" Salton born ... Professor of Computer Science at Cornell University. Salton was perhaps the leading computer scientist working in the field of information retrieval during his time, and "the father of Information Retrieval". His group at Cornell developed the SMART Information Retrieval System, which he initiated when he was at Harvard. Pic: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Department/Annual95/Faculty/Salton.html
File:Max_Delbrück.jpg|link=Max Delbrück (nonfiction)|1933: Biophysicist and crime-fighter [[Max Delbrück (nonfiction)|Max Delbrück]] uses gamma rays' scattering by a Coulomb field's polarization of a vacuum to defeat the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat.


||1942: José Raúl Capablanca dies ... chess player and theoretician. Pic.
||1942: José Raúl Capablanca dies ... chess player and theoretician. Pic.
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||2017: George Andrew Olah dies ... chemist and academic ... His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." Pic.
||2017: George Andrew Olah dies ... chemist and academic ... His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." Pic.
File:Green Tangle 2.jpg|link=Green Tangle 2 (nonfiction)|2019: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Green Tangle 2 (nonfiction)|Green Tangle 2]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least seven hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.


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  • 1618: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.

    1618: Mathematician and astronomer Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion.

  • 1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.

    1775: An anonymous writer, thought by some to be Thomas Paine, publishes "African Slavery in America", the first article in the American colonies calling for the emancipation of slaves and the abolition of slavery.

  • 1822: Pharmacist, inventor, and industrialist Ignacy Łukasiewicz born. He will build the world's first oil refinery and invent the kerosene lamp.

    1822: Pharmacist, inventor, and industrialist Ignacy Łukasiewicz born. He will build the world's first oil refinery and invent the kerosene lamp.

  • 1879: Chemist and academic Otto Hahn born. He will pioneer the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery and the radiochemical proof of nuclear fission.

    1879: Chemist and academic Otto Hahn born. He will pioneer the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry, winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944 for the discovery and the radiochemical proof of nuclear fission.

  • 1900: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken born. He will design the Harvard Mark I computer.

    1900: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken born. He will design the Harvard Mark I computer.

  • 1914: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich born. He will play a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, studying the effects of nuclear explosions.

    1914: Physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich born. He will play a crucial role in the development of the Soviet Union's nuclear bomb project, studying the effects of nuclear explosions.

  • 1923: Theoretical physicist and academic Johannes Diderik van der Waals dies. He won the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.

    1923: Theoretical physicist and academic Johannes Diderik van der Waals dies. He won the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.

  • 1971: Peace activists led break into the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, stealing over 1,000 classified documents. The activists mailed these documents anonymously to several US newspapers to expose numerous illegal FBI operations infringing on the First Amendment rights of American citizens.

    1971: Peace activists led break into the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, stealing over 1,000 classified documents. The activists mailed these documents anonymously to several US newspapers to expose numerous illegal FBI operations infringing on the First Amendment rights of American citizens.

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