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File: | File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1817: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] dies. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 110 "Messier objects". | ||
File: | File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1852: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] born. He will prove (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number. | ||
|| | File:Donald_J._Hughes.png|link=Donald J. Hughes (nonfiction)|1960: Nuclear physicist [[Donald J. Hughes (nonfiction)|Donald J. Hughes]] dies. Hughes was one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II. | ||
File: | File:Yuri Gagarin Vostok1.jpg|link=Yuri Gagarin (nonfiction)|1961: Soviet cosmonaut [[Yuri Gagarin (nonfiction)|Yuri Gagarin]] becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight (Vostok 1). | ||
File: | File:Edwin_T._Layton.jpg|link=Edwin T. Layton (nonfiction)|1984: United States Navy Admiral [[Edwin T. Layton (nonfiction)|Edwin Thomas Layton]] dies. Layton served as a Naval intelligence officer before and during World War II. | ||
File: | File:Cantor Parabola.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|2020: Math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]] wins Pulitzer Prize for series of exo-temporal photographs of Minicon 55 in 2021. | ||
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1817: Astronomer Charles Messier dies. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that came to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1852: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann born. He will prove (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1960: Nuclear physicist Donald J. Hughes dies. Hughes was one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II.
1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight (Vostok 1).
1984: United States Navy Admiral Edwin Thomas Layton dies. Layton served as a Naval intelligence officer before and during World War II.
2020: Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for series of exo-temporal photographs of Minicon 55 in 2021.