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• ... that | • ... that Soviet cosmonaut '''[[Yuri Gagarin (nonfiction)|Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin]]''' (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) completed the first manned orbital flight (Vostok 1) on April 12, 1961? | ||
• ... that astronomer '''[[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]]''' (26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) published an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters now known as the 110 "Messier objects"? | |||
• ... that the '''[[Rider-Waite Space Elevator]]''' (hashtag: [[#AsBelowSoAbove]]) is the only space elevator funded entirely by Kickstarter campaigns? | |||
• ... that mathematician and academic '''[[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]]''' (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) proved (1882) that [[Pi (nonfiction)|π]] (pi) is a transcendental number? | |||
• ... that nuclear physicist '''[[Donald J. Hughes (nonfiction)|Donald J. Hughes]]''' (2 April 1915 – 12 April 1960) 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? | |||
Latest revision as of 05:06, 12 April 2022
• ... that Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) completed the first manned orbital flight (Vostok 1) on April 12, 1961?
• ... that astronomer Charles Messier (26 June 1730 – 12 April 1817) published an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters now known as the 110 "Messier objects"?
• ... that the Rider-Waite Space Elevator (hashtag: #AsBelowSoAbove) is the only space elevator funded entirely by Kickstarter campaigns?
• ... that mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann (12 April 1852 – 6 March 1939) proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number?
• ... that nuclear physicist Donald J. Hughes (2 April 1915 – 12 April 1960) 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?