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||1893 – Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
||1893 – Ernst Öpik, Estonian astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1985)
||Captain, U.S.N. Laurance Frye Safford (b. October 22, 1893) was a U.S. Navy cryptologist. He established the Naval cryptologic organization after World War I, and headed the effort more or less constantly until shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His identification with the Naval effort was so close that he was the Friedman of the Navy.


||1896 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (d. 1988)
||1896 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (d. 1988)

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  • 1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

    1659: Chemist and physician Georg Ernst Stahl born. His works on phlogiston will be accepted as an explanation for chemical processes until the late 18th century.

  • 1904: Illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter awarded Pulitzer Award for Best Investigative Reporting.

    1904: Illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter awarded Pulitzer Award for Best Investigative Reporting.

  • 1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

    1905: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky born. He will be one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.

  • 2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

    2005: The Venus Express detects evidence of electrical artificial intelligence AESOP in orbit around the planet Venus.

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