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||1694: François Quesnay born ... economist and physician. Pic. | ||1694: François Quesnay born ... economist and physician. Pic. | ||
||1704: Benjamin Huntsman born ... inventor and businessman ... inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel. Pic search | ||1704: Benjamin Huntsman born ... inventor and businessman ... inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel. Pic search. | ||
File:Johann Beckmann.png|link=Johann Beckmann (nonfiction)|1739: Scientist and author [[Johann Beckmann (nonfiction)|Johann Beckmann]] born. Beckmann will coin the word ''technology'', meaning the science of trades, and be the first to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. | File:Johann Beckmann.png|link=Johann Beckmann (nonfiction)|1739: Scientist and author [[Johann Beckmann (nonfiction)|Johann Beckmann]] born. Beckmann will coin the word ''technology'', meaning the science of trades, and be the first to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. | ||
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File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight. | File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight. | ||
||1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). No DOB, no DOD. Pic search dubious | ||1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). No DOB, no DOD. Pic search dubious. | ||
||1787: Constant Prévost born ... geologist and academic. Pic. | ||1787: Constant Prévost born ... geologist and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1922: W. H. R. Rivers dies ... anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist ... best known for his work treating First World War officers who were suffering from shell shock. Pic. | ||1922: W. H. R. Rivers dies ... anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist ... best known for his work treating First World War officers who were suffering from shell shock. Pic. | ||
||1926: Victor Prather born ... flight surgeon famous for taking part in "Project RAM", a government project to develop the space suit. On May 4, 1961, Prather drowned during the helicopter transfer after the landing of the Strato-Lab V balloon flight, which set an altitude record for manned balloon flight which stood until 2012. Pic search | ||1926: Victor Prather born ... flight surgeon famous for taking part in "Project RAM", a government project to develop the space suit. On May 4, 1961, Prather drowned during the helicopter transfer after the landing of the Strato-Lab V balloon flight, which set an altitude record for manned balloon flight which stood until 2012. Pic search. | ||
||1936: Yvette Amice born ... mathematician whose research concerned number theory and p-adic analysis. Pic: http://johnbcosgrave.com/archive/oxford.htm. | ||1936: Yvette Amice born ... mathematician whose research concerned number theory and p-adic analysis. Pic: http://johnbcosgrave.com/archive/oxford.htm. | ||
File:German submarine U-505 shortly after capture.jpg|link=German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]]: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century. | File:German submarine U-505 shortly after capture.jpg|link=German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]]: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century. | ||
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||1946: Ernst Leonard Lindelöf dies ... mathematician, who made contributions in real analysis, complex analysis and topology. Lindelöf spaces are named after him. Pic. | ||1946: Ernst Leonard Lindelöf dies ... mathematician, who made contributions in real analysis, complex analysis and topology. Lindelöf spaces are named after him. Pic. | ||
||1961: William Thomas Astbury FRS dies ... physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure. Pic search | ||1961: William Thomas Astbury FRS dies ... physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure. Pic search. | ||
||1966: Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky born ... mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002. Pic. | ||1966: Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky born ... mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002. Pic. | ||
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||1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. | ||1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. | ||
||1997: Vladimir Hütt dies ... physicist and philosopher. Pic search | ||1997: Vladimir Hütt dies ... physicist and philosopher. Pic search. | ||
||2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. | ||2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. | ||
||2015: Leonid Plyushch dies ... mathematician, academic, dissident. Pic | ||2015: Leonid Plyushch dies ... mathematician, academic, dissident. Pic. | ||
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1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler Nezahualcoyotl dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.
1739: Scientist and author Johann Beckmann born. Beckmann will coin the word technology, meaning the science of trades, and be the first to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject.
1769: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil's hopes are dashed when, after years of struggle, overcast conditions prevent him from making a critical observation.
1783: The Montgolfier brothers give first public demonstration of balloon flight.
1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
1992: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.