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||Jacob David Bekenstein (b. May 1, 1947) was a Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. | ||Jacob David Bekenstein (b. May 1, 1947) was a Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. | ||
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1985: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "is confident that the upcoming [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|U-2 spyplane incident]] is an outstanding investment opportunity." | |||
File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. | File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. | ||
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1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
1891: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses census data to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1985: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "is confident that the upcoming U-2 spyplane incident is an outstanding investment opportunity."
1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
1961: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon warns that U-2 incident may have released a new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.