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||1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
||1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.
||Sergey Alexandrovich Afanasyev (d. May 13, 2001) was a prominent Soviet engineer, space and defence industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building.


||2005 – George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
||2005 – George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)


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  • 1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

    1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

  • 1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

    1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

  • 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

    1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

  • 1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

    1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

  • 1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

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