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||1902: Howard Walter Gilmore dies - "Take her down" - submarine commander in the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his self-sacrifice during World War II. Pic.
||1902: Howard Walter Gilmore dies - "Take her down" - submarine commander in the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his self-sacrifice during World War II. Pic.
File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1949: Mathematician, physicist, and computer crime investigator [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[Crimes against physics|crimes against both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons]].


||1952: Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi dies ... mathematician, best known for his work in analysis, differential Galois theory, number theory, hyperbolic geometry, and history of mathematics. Pic.
||1952: Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi dies ... mathematician, best known for his work in analysis, differential Galois theory, number theory, hyperbolic geometry, and history of mathematics. Pic.
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||1979: Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
||1979: Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
File:Replicant Vice - Let Me Tell You About Miami.jpg|link=Replicant Vice|Premiere of '''''[[Replicant Vice]]''''', an American crime drama television series starring Harrison Ford and Roy Batty.


||1984: Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).
||1984: Space Shuttle program: STS-41-B Mission: Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart make the first untethered space walk using the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU).

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  • 1877: Mathematician and geneticist G. H. Hardy born. He will prefer his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.

    1877: Mathematician and geneticist G. H. Hardy born. He will prefer his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.

  • 1889: Engineer and theorist Harry Nyquist born. He will do early theoretical work on determining the bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundations for later advances by Claude Shannon, which will lead to the development of information theory.

    1889: Engineer and theorist Harry Nyquist born. He will do early theoretical work on determining the bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundations for later advances by Claude Shannon, which will lead to the development of information theory.

  • 1897: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris dies. He was a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.

    1897: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris dies. He was a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.

  • 1898: Novelist, playwright, and journalist Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.

    1898: Novelist, playwright, and journalist Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'accuse.

  • 1960: Physicist and academic Igor Kurchatov dies. Kurchatov played a leading role in the Soviet Union's clandestine nuclear weapons program, culminating in the First Lightning bomb test.

    1960: Physicist and academic Igor Kurchatov dies. Kurchatov played a leading role in the Soviet Union's clandestine nuclear weapons program, culminating in the First Lightning bomb test.

  • Premiere of Replicant Vice, an American crime drama television series starring Harrison Ford and Roy Batty.

    Premiere of Replicant Vice, an American crime drama television series starring Harrison Ford and Roy Batty.

  • 1999: NASA launches the spacecraft Stardust. On January 2, 2004 it will fly by comet Wild 2, collecting dust samples which will return to earth on 15 January 2006.

    1999: NASA launches the spacecraft Stardust. On January 2, 2004 it will fly by comet Wild 2, collecting dust samples which will return to earth on 15 January 2006.

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