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||1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid. | ||1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid. | ||
File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob. | File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob. | ||
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||1889: Charles Darrow born ... game designer, created Monopoly. | ||1889: Charles Darrow born ... game designer, created Monopoly. | ||
File: | File:Otto_Lilienthal.jpg|link=Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|1896: Aviation pioneer [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]], known as the ''flying man'', dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed. | ||
Otto_Lilienthal.jpg|link=Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|1896: Aviation pioneer [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]], known as the ''flying man'', dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed. | |||
||1901: Franco Dino Rasetti born ... scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic. | ||1901: Franco Dino Rasetti born ... scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic. | ||
||1902: Arne Tiselius born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1902: Arne Tiselius born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1911: Jan Aleksander Rajchman born ... electrical engineer and computer pioneer. Pic: https://www.computerhope.com/people/jan_rajchman.htm | ||1911: Jan Aleksander Rajchman born ... electrical engineer and computer pioneer. Pic: https://www.computerhope.com/people/jan_rajchman.htm | ||
||1913: Wolfgang Paul born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1913: Wolfgang Paul born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... co-developed the non-magnetic quadrupole mass filter which laid the foundation for what is now called an ion trap. Pic. | ||
||1915: Henry Moseley dies ... physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number. Pic. | ||1915: Henry Moseley dies ... physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number. Pic. | ||
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||1927: Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu born ... astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic. | ||1927: Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu born ... astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic. | ||
||1929: Aletta Jacobs dies ... physician. As the first woman officially to attend a Dutch university, she became one of the first female physicians in the Netherlands. In 1882, she founded the world's first birth control clinic and was a leader in both the Dutch and international women's movements. She led campaigns aimed at deregulating prostitution, improving women's working conditions, promoting peace and calling for women's right to vote. Pic. | |||
||1932: A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. | ||1932: A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri. | ||
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||1954: At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. | ||1954: At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. | ||
||1955: Zdzisław Krygowski dies - mathematician - has become famous in the history of cryptology for having assisted the Polish General Staff in setting up its cryptology course for Poznań University mathematics students that began on January 15, 1929. Pic search. | |||
File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. | File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. | ||
||1961: First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army. | ||1961: First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army. | ||
||1972: The Great Daylight Fireball (or US19720810) was an Earth-grazing fireball that passed within 57 kilometres (35 mi; 187,000 ft) of Earth's surface at 20:29 UTC on August 10, 1972. It entered Earth's atmosphere at a speed of 15 kilometres per second (9.3 mi/s) in daylight over Utah, United States (14:30 local time) and passed northwards leaving the atmosphere over Alberta, Canada. It was seen by many people and recorded on film and by space-borne sensors. An eyewitness to the event, located in Missoula, Montana, saw the object pass directly overhead and heard a double sonic boom. The smoke trail lingered in the atmosphere for several minutes. Pic. | |||
||1976: Josef Mattauch dies ... physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic. | ||1976: Josef Mattauch dies ... physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic. | ||
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||1982: Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman dies .... British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely connected with cryptography, and he showed exceptional skill at cryptanalysis. His work in association with Bill Tutte on the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, the German teleprinter cipher, called "Tunny" (for tunafish) at Bletchley Park, led to breakthroughs in attack methods on the code, without a computer. Pic. | ||1982: Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman dies .... British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely connected with cryptography, and he showed exceptional skill at cryptanalysis. His work in association with Bill Tutte on the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, the German teleprinter cipher, called "Tunny" (for tunafish) at Bletchley Park, led to breakthroughs in attack methods on the code, without a computer. Pic. | ||
||1984: Duško Popov dies ... double agent who served as part of the MI6 and Abwehr during World War II, and passed off disinformation to Germany as part of the Double-Cross System. Pic. | |||
||1988: Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. | ||1988: Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II. | ||
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||1992: Teresa Cohen dies ... mathematician. Invited to join the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1920, she advanced to the rank of full professor; after her mandatory retirement in 1962, she maintained an office in the Department of Mathematics and tutored students for free until 1985 at the age of 94. Pic. | ||1992: Teresa Cohen dies ... mathematician. Invited to join the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1920, she advanced to the rank of full professor; after her mandatory retirement in 1962, she maintained an office in the Department of Mathematics and tutored students for free until 1985 at the age of 94. Pic. | ||
||1992: Aribert Heim dies ... SS physician and Nazi war criminal. Pic. | |||
||1995: Leo Apostel dies ... philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities. Pic (charming). | ||1995: Leo Apostel dies ... philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities. Pic (charming). | ||
File: | File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||2002: Kristen Nygaard dies ... computer scientist and politician. Pic. | ||2002: Kristen Nygaard dies ... computer scientist and politician. Pic. | ||
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||2014: Kathleen Ollerenshaw dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester. She contributed to the study of most-perfect pandiagonal magic squares. Pic. | ||2014: Kathleen Ollerenshaw dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester. She contributed to the study of most-perfect pandiagonal magic squares. Pic. | ||
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1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.
1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.
1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.