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||1743: John Fitch born ... inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. Pic. | ||1743: John Fitch born ... inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. Pic. | ||
||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. | ||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. | ||
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||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin | ||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin | ||
||1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search. | ||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search. | ||
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born. | File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born. | ||
File: | File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. Gray did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone. | ||
||1905: Karl Wallenda born ... acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas. Pic. | ||1905: Karl Wallenda born ... acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas. Pic. | ||
||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics. | File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics. | ||
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||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS ''Nautilus'', is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. | ||1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS ''Nautilus'', is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. | ||
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||1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. | ||1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. | ||
File: | File:Red Spot Travel Agency.jpg|link=Red Spot Travel Agency|1967: The '''[[Red Spot Travel Agency]]''' opens for business, providing travel and tourism-related services between Earth and Jupiter. | ||
File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. | File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. | ||
||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search. | ||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search. | ||
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||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. Pic. | ||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. Pic. | ||
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1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini born. Her collection of wax models will be known throughout Europe as Supellex Manzoliniana and be sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
1869: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin born. A mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, Rasputin gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.
1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is born.
1901: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray dies. Gray did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.
1915: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
1959: Project SCORE satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
1967: The Red Spot Travel Agency opens for business, providing travel and tourism-related services between Earth and Jupiter.
1968: A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.