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||1935 – Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007) | ||1935 – Karen Spärck Jones, English computer scientist and academic (d. 2007) | ||
File:Charles Lindbergh.jpg|link=Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|1974: Pilot and explorer [[Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|Charles Lindbergh]] dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris. | |||
||1987 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) | ||1987 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) | ||
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1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.
1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.
2010: Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association sponsors conference on the life and work of writer and crime-fighter John Brunner.