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||1637 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588) | |||
||1743 – Jean-Pierre Christin developed the centigrade temperature scale. | |||
||1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1814) | |||
||1773 – Arthur Aikin, English chemist and mineralogist (d. 1854) | |||
||1780 – New England's Dark Day, an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. | |||
||1857 – John Jacob Abel, American biochemist and pharmacologist (d. 1938) | |||
File:Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|1883: Signed first edition of ''[[Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|Interview with Wallace War-Heels]]'' stolen. It will later be recovered by [[Niles Cartouchian]] and returned to the Smithsonian Museum. | File:Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|1883: Signed first edition of ''[[Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|Interview with Wallace War-Heels]]'' stolen. It will later be recovered by [[Niles Cartouchian]] and returned to the Smithsonian Museum. | ||
File:Ruth Ella Moore.jpg|link=Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|1903: Bacteriologist [[Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|Ruth Ella Moore]] born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans. | File:Ruth Ella Moore.jpg|link=Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|1903: Bacteriologist [[Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|Ruth Ella Moore]] born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans. | ||
||1907 – Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840) | |||
||1914 – Max Perutz, Austrian-English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002) | |||
||1918 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist, historian, and academic (d. 2000) | |||
||1927 – Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic (d. 2005) | |||
||1942 – Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. (d. 1994) | |||
||1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city. | |||
File:Jean Bartik.jpg|link=Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|1954: Computer programmer [[Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|Jean Bartik]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Jean Bartik.jpg|link=Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|1954: Computer programmer [[Jean Bartik (nonfiction)|Jean Bartik]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). | File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data). | ||
||1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday". | |||
File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' linked to outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' linked to outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. | |||
||2009 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) | |||
||Dale Dehaven Myers (d. May 19, 2015) | |||
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Revision as of 16:31, 2 October 2017
1883: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels stolen. It will later be recovered by Niles Cartouchian and returned to the Smithsonian Museum.
1903: Bacteriologist Ruth Ella Moore born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans.
1954: Computer programmer Jean Bartik discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
1964: Publication of The Hal Jordan Playbook linked to outbreak of crimes against mathematical constants.