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1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. | ||1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale. | ||
1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647) | ||1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647) | ||
1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803) | ||1669 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606) | ||
||1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803) | |||
||1864 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802) | ||1864 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802) | ||
1876 – Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960) | ||1876 – Florence Eliza Allen, American mathematician and suffrage activist (d. 1960) | ||
1892 – Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934) | ||1892 – Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934) | ||
1895 – Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944) | ||1895 – Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944) | ||
1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995) | ||1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist and academic, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995) | ||
||1904 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847) | ||1904 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847) | ||
1906 – Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (d. 1996) | ||1906 – Mary Celine Fasenmyer, American mathematician (d. 1996) | ||
||1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009) | |||
||1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) | |||
File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1947: Physicist and academic [[[[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]]]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory. | |||
||1957 – Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. | |||
||1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States. | |||
||2000 – Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 193 | |||
2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. | ||2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space. | ||
File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' damages entire class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' damages entire class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
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![1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.](/w/images/thumb/1/13/Max_Planck_1878.gif/90px-Max_Planck_1878.gif)
1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.
1964: Publication of The Hal Jordan Playbook damages entire class of Gnomon algorithm functions.