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||1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979) | ||1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979) | ||
||John Desmond Bernal | ||John Desmond Bernal (10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was a scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal was a political supporter of Communism and wrote popular books on science and society. | ||
File:Abe Reles corpse.png|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1906: New York mobster and hit man [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] born. | File:Abe Reles corpse.png|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1906: New York mobster and hit man [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] born. | ||
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File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1958: [[Chrome Plover]], the famed [[musical electroplating ensemble]], perform new work in tribute to [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" programs]]. | File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1958: [[Chrome Plover]], the famed [[musical electroplating ensemble]], perform new work in tribute to [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" programs]]. | ||
File:The_Eel_v_Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter | File:The_Eel_v_Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Ell [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|stops aquatic cryptid Neptune Slaughter from sabotaging Operation Sandblast]]. | ||
File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. | File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth. | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 9 May 2018
28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
1482: Mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli dies.
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1906: New York mobster and hit man Abe Reles born.
1958: Chrome Plover, the famed musical electroplating ensemble, perform new work in tribute to "Hello World" programs.
1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Ell stops aquatic cryptid Neptune Slaughter from sabotaging Operation Sandblast.
1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
2018: Green Tangle 4 declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.