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||1660: Francis Hauksbee the Elder baptized ... scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Pic: diagram. | ||1660: Francis Hauksbee the Elder baptized ... scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Pic: diagram. | ||
||1781: Giovanni Battista Beccaria dies ... physicist. Pic search | ||1781: Giovanni Battista Beccaria dies ... physicist. Pic search. | ||
||1857: Theodor Curtius born ... chemist. He published the Curtius rearrangement, and discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine, and hydrazoic acid. Pic. | ||1857: Theodor Curtius born ... chemist. He published the Curtius rearrangement, and discovered diazoacetic acid, hydrazine, and hydrazoic acid. Pic. | ||
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File:John Douglas Cockcroft 1961.jpg|link=John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|1897: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate [[John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|John Cockcroft]] born. He will be instrumental in the development of nuclear power. | File:John Douglas Cockcroft 1961.jpg|link=John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|1897: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate [[John Cockcroft (nonfiction)|John Cockcroft]] born. He will be instrumental in the development of nuclear power. | ||
||1898: David Crosthwait born ... engineer, inventor and writer. Pic search | ||1898: David Crosthwait born ... engineer, inventor and writer. Pic search. | ||
||1907: Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert born ... mathematician known for his work in topology. Pic. | ||1907: Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert born ... mathematician known for his work in topology. Pic. | ||
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||1937: In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. | ||1937: In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. | ||
||1941: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". | ||1941: World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". | ||
||1942: World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Pic. | ||1942: World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Pic. | ||
||1949: Martin Hans Christian Knudsen dies ... physicist who taught and conducted research at the Technical University of Denmark. He is primarily known for his study of molecular gas flow and the development of the Knudsen cell, which is a primary component of molecular beam epitaxy systems. Pic. | |||
||1950: John Torrence Tate Sr. born ... physicist noted for his editorship of Physical Review between 1926 and 1950. He is the father of mathematician John Torrence Tate Jr. | ||1950: John Torrence Tate Sr. born ... physicist noted for his editorship of Physical Review between 1926 and 1950. He is the father of mathematician John Torrence Tate Jr. | ||
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||2004: Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov dies ... mathematician, known for his work in algebraic and differential topology. Pic: http://www.mi-ras.ru/index.php?c=inmemoria&l=1 | ||2004: Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov dies ... mathematician, known for his work in algebraic and differential topology. Pic: http://www.mi-ras.ru/index.php?c=inmemoria&l=1 | ||
||2006: Alexander Toth born ... cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Fantastic Four, Space Ghost, Sealab 2020, The Herculoids and Birdman. Toth's work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spin-offs on Cartoon Network: Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021 and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. Pic. | |||
||2007: Ed Yost dies ... inventor, created the hot air balloon. | ||2007: Ed Yost dies ... inventor, created the hot air balloon. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:41, 29 May 2024
1610: Factotum and regicide François Ravaillac executed.
1897: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft born. He will be instrumental in the development of nuclear power.
1931: Physicist and explorer Auguste Piccard and his assistant Paul Kipfer take off from Augsburg, Germany in their high-altitude balloon, reaching a record altitude of 15,781 m (51,775 ft). During the flight, Piccard gathers data on the upper atmosphere, including cosmic ray measurements.