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File:Andreas Libavius.jpg|link=Andreas Libavius (nonfiction)|1616: Physician, alchemist and chemist [[Andreas Libavius (nonfiction)|Andreas Libavius]] dies. He accepted the Paracelsian principle of using occult properties to explain phenomena with no apparent cause, but rejected the conclusion that a thing possessing these properties must have an astral connection to the divine. | File:Andreas Libavius.jpg|link=Andreas Libavius (nonfiction)|1616: Physician, alchemist and chemist [[Andreas Libavius (nonfiction)|Andreas Libavius]] dies. He accepted the Paracelsian principle of using occult properties to explain phenomena with no apparent cause, but rejected the conclusion that a thing possessing these properties must have an astral connection to the divine. | ||
File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1748: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]]'s interest in astronomy is stimulated by an annular solar eclipse visible from his hometown. | File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1748: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]]'s interest in astronomy is stimulated by an annular solar eclipse visible from his hometown. | ||
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||1916: Fred Lasswell born ... cartoonist, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Pic (cartoon). | ||1916: Fred Lasswell born ... cartoonist, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Pic (cartoon). | ||
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). | File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). | ||
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||2013: Hugh Huxley dies ... molecular biologist and academic ... made important discoveries in the physiology of muscle. Pic search. | ||2013: Hugh Huxley dies ... molecular biologist and academic ... made important discoveries in the physiology of muscle. Pic search. | ||
File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' observes a minute of silence in memory of the [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] orbiter, which was turned off forty-one years ago, after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]. | File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' observes a minute of silence in memory of the [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] orbiter, which was turned off forty-one years ago, after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]. | ||
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1616: Physician, alchemist and chemist Andreas Libavius dies. He accepted the Paracelsian principle of using occult properties to explain phenomena with no apparent cause, but rejected the conclusion that a thing possessing these properties must have an astral connection to the divine.
1748: Astronomer Charles Messier's interest in astronomy is stimulated by an annular solar eclipse visible from his hometown.
1808: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing born. He will introduce the term "topology", first in correspondence, then in a famous article published in 1847.
1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
1842: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey dies. He was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and is often considered the first modern military surgeon.
1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars observes a minute of silence in memory of the Viking 2 orbiter, which was turned off forty-one years ago, after returning almost 16,000 images in about 700–706 orbits around Mars.
