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||1704: John Kay born ... engineer, invented the Flying shuttle. No DOD. Pic. | ||1704: John Kay born ... engineer, invented the Flying shuttle. No DOD. Pic. | ||
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||1901: The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. | ||1901: The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. | ||
||1902: Harry Nelson Pillsbury dies ... chess player. Pic. | |||
||1902: Hubert Schardin Hermann Reinhold born ... ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography. Pic. | ||1902: Hubert Schardin Hermann Reinhold born ... ballistics expert, engineer and academic who studied in the field of high-speed photography and cinematography. Pic. | ||
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File:Bonus marchers.gif|link=Bonus Army (nonfiction)|1932: [[Bonus Army (nonfiction)|Bonus Army]]: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. | File:Bonus marchers.gif|link=Bonus Army (nonfiction)|1932: [[Bonus Army (nonfiction)|Bonus Army]]: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. | ||
||1940: Arthur Harden dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1940: Arthur Harden dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1982: Roberto Calvi dies ... banker. Pic. | ||1982: Roberto Calvi dies ... banker. Pic. | ||
||1984: Milbourne Christopher dies ... illusionist, magic historian, and author. | ||1984: Milbourne Christopher dies ... illusionist, magic historian, and author. Pic. | ||
||1985: STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. | ||1985: STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. | ||
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||2001: Donald J. Cram dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+j.+cram&oq=Donald+J.+Cram | ||2001: Donald J. Cram dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+j.+cram&oq=Donald+J.+Cram | ||
||2012: Nathan Divinsky dies ... mathematician and chess player. | ||2012: Nathan Divinsky dies ... mathematician and chess player. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Nathan+Divinsky | ||
||2018: Onorato Timothy O'Meara dies ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=O.+Timothy+O%27Meara | ||2018: Onorato Timothy O'Meara dies ... mathematician known for his work in number theory, linear groups and quadratic forms. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=O.+Timothy+O%27Meara | ||
|O’Meara Alt spelling | |O’Meara Alt spelling | ||
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1714: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury born. In 1744, he will begin the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates will be known as the Cassini map.
1832: Chemist and physicist William Crookes born. Crookes will be a pioneer of vacuum tube technology, developing the partially evacuated Crookes tube circa 1869-1875.
1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.
1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.