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||1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773) - first to suggest Northern lights caused by the sun | ||1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773) - first to suggest Northern lights caused by the sun | ||
||1786 | File:François Arago.jpg|link=François Arago (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and politician [[François Arago (nonfiction)|François Arago]] born. He will observe that a rotating plate of copper tends to communicate its motion to a magnetic needle suspended over it, an effect which will later be known as eddy current. | ||
||1799 – Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864) | ||1799 – Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864) | ||
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||1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. | ||1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government. | ||
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1963: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series nominated for [[Manhattan Project]] award. | |File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1963: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series nominated for [[Manhattan Project]] award. | ||
||1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket | ||1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket | ||
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1638: Mathematician and linguist Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac dies. He was the earliest writer who discussed the solution of indeterminate equations by means of continued fractions. He also did work in number theory and found a method of constructing magic squares.
1648: Niels Steensen analyzes fossil trilobite using Gnomon algorithm techniques, finds evidence of crimes against geological constants.
1786: Mathematician and politician François Arago born. He will observe that a rotating plate of copper tends to communicate its motion to a magnetic needle suspended over it, an effect which will later be known as eddy current.
2005: Computer scientist Jef Raskin dies. He was a human–computer interface expert best known for conceiving and starting the Macintosh project for Apple in the late 1970s.
2012: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.