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||Katharine Burr Blodgett (d. October 12, 1979) was an American scientific researcher. She was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge, in 1926. After receiving her master's degree, she was hired by General Electric, where she invented low-reflectance "invisible" glass.
||Katharine Burr Blodgett (d. October 12, 1979) was an American scientific researcher. She was the first woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Cambridge, in 1926. After receiving her master's degree, she was hired by General Electric, where she invented low-reflectance "invisible" glass.
||1982: dies: Bruce H. Mahan was a physical chemist and Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley known for his work in the fundamentals of chemical reactions and devotion to chemistry education.


||1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.
||1994 – The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus.

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  • 322 BC: Athenian politician and orator Demosthenes takes his own life, to avoid being arrested by the agents of his enemies.

    322 BC: Athenian politician and orator Demosthenes takes his own life, to avoid being arrested by the agents of his enemies.

  • 1586: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to communicate with Aleister Crowley.

    1586: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to communicate with Aleister Crowley.

  • 1705: Priest, philosopher, and crime-fighter Nicolas Malebranche synthesizes the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, demonstrating the active role of crimes against mathematical constants in every aspect of the world.

    1705: Priest, philosopher, and crime-fighter Nicolas Malebranche synthesizes the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, demonstrating the active role of crimes against mathematical constants in every aspect of the world.

  • 1875: Magician and author Aleister Crowley born. He will gain widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press will denounce him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

    1875: Magician and author Aleister Crowley born. He will gain widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press will denounce him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

  • 1995: Steganographic analysis of Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus reveals three terabytes of encrypted data.

    1995: Steganographic analysis of Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus reveals three terabytes of encrypted data.

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