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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 | ||
File: | File:Self portrait (17 June 2022) 20220617 072846.jpg|link=Self portrait (17 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Self portrait (17 June 2022)|Self portrait]]'''. | ||
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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.
2022: Self portrait.