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||1519: Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines. | ||1519: Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines. | ||
File:Gilles Personne de Roberval.jpg|link=Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|1602: Mathematician and academic [[Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|Gilles de Roberval]] born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Copernican heliocentric system]] and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter. | File:Gilles Personne de Roberval.jpg|link=Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|1602: Mathematician and academic [[Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|Gilles de Roberval]] born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Copernican heliocentric system]] and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter. | ||
||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. | ||
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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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||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.