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||Jordan Carson Mark (b. July 6, 1913) was a Canadian-born mathematician best known for his work on developing nuclear weapons for the United States at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mark joined the Manhattan Project in 1945, and continued to work at Los Alamos under the leadership of Norris Bradbury after World War II ended. He became the leader of the Theoretical Division at the laboratory in 1947, a position he held until 1973. He oversaw the development of new weapons, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. On the hydrogen bomb project he was able to bring together experts like Edward Teller, Stanislaw Ulam and Marshall Holloway despite their personal differences. | ||Jordan Carson Mark (b. July 6, 1913) was a Canadian-born mathematician best known for his work on developing nuclear weapons for the United States at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Mark joined the Manhattan Project in 1945, and continued to work at Los Alamos under the leadership of Norris Bradbury after World War II ended. He became the leader of the Theoretical Division at the laboratory in 1947, a position he held until 1973. He oversaw the development of new weapons, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s. On the hydrogen bomb project he was able to bring together experts like Edward Teller, Stanislaw Ulam and Marshall Holloway despite their personal differences. | ||
||Lawrence Hargrave (29 January 1850 – 6 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Pic. | |||
||Lawrence Hargrave (d. 6 July 1915) was an Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Pic. | |||
||1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. | ||1944 – Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. | ||
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1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop Johann Regiomontanus dies. His contributions will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the follwing decades.
1989: Rhizolith Group performs at New Minneapolis Canadian Arts Festival.
1990: The Electronic Freedom Foundation is founded. EFF is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.
1990: Signed original edition of Alice Beta Paragliding sells for one and a half million dollars in charity auction for Electronic Freedom Foundation.