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||1467 – The Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms are used extensively. | |||
||1471 – Thomas à Kempis, German priest and mystic (b. 1380) | |||
||1573 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1650) | |||
||1616 – Andreas Libavius, German physician and chemist (b. 1550 | |||
File:Telegraph.jpg|link=Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|1837: The first commercial use of an [[Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|electrical telegraph]] is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. | File:Telegraph.jpg|link=Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|1837: The first commercial use of an [[Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|electrical telegraph]] is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone. | ||
||1842 – Dominique Jean Larrey, French physician and surgeon (b. 1766) | |||
||1843 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and engineer (b. 1766) | |||
||1847 – Paul Langerhans, German pathologist, physiologist and biologist (d. 1888) | |||
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|1864: The well-known illustration ''Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery'' "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," [[Judge Havelock]] tells interviewer. | File:Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery|1864: The well-known illustration ''Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery'' "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," [[Judge Havelock]] tells interviewer. | ||
||1909 – Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes. | |||
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). | ||
||1923 – Edgar Gilbert, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2013) | |||
||1925 – Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established. | |||
||1934 – The Nazis assassinate Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt. | |||
||1946 – Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. | ||1946 – Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb is detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. | ||
File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which he derived using the Monte Carlo method. He will soon use these new functions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which he derived using the Monte Carlo method. He will soon use these new functions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1965 – Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. | |||
||1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defense. This is the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. | |||
||1973 – Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched. | |||
||1976 – Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo. | |||
||1984 – Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya becomes the first woman to perform a space walk. | |||
||2003 – Ludwig Bölkow, German aero engineer (b. 1912) Messer-262 | |||
||2008 – Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (b. 1919) synth diamond | |||
||2008 – Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (b. 1960) interface design | |||
||2013 – Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (b. 1924) | |||
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Revision as of 16:18, 19 July 2017
1837: The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated in London by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone.
1864: The well-known illustration Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I experienced them," Judge Havelock tells interviewer.
1920: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin born. She will make contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
1963: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which he derived using the Monte Carlo method. He will soon use these new functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.