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||1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013) hydrazine resistojet | ||1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013) hydrazine resistojet | ||
||1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) | ||1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. | ||
||1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) automobile | ||1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) automobile | ||
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1842: Osman Hamdi Bey born. He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.
1916: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin dies.
1947: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead dies. He was a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.
1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren dies. He was one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
1954: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive day.
1963: Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press wins Pulitzer Award.