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||Charles Augustus Young (d. January 4, 1908) one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States. He observed a solar flare with a spectroscope on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with a magnetic storm on Earth. Pic.
||Charles Augustus Young (d. January 4, 1908) one of the foremost solar spectroscopist astronomers in the United States. He observed a solar flare with a spectroscope on 3 August 1872, and also noted that it coincided with a magnetic storm on Earth. Pic.


||1910 – Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)
||1910: Léon Delagrange dies ... pilot and sculptor.


||Sixto Ríos García (b. January 4, 1913), was a Spanish mathematician, known as the father of Spanish statistics.
||1913: Sixto Ríos García born ... mathematician, known as the father of Spanish statistics.


||1920 – William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996)
||1920: William Colby born ... intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence.


||1932 – Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 2002)
||1932: Roman Personov born ... physicist and academic.)


File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] born. He will work on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] born. He will work on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
||1933: Henry Albert Fleuss dies ... pioneering diving engineer. Death notice: https://www.nature.com/articles/131298a0 Pic.


File:Sputnik 1.jpg|link=Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)|1958: [[Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)|Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from orbit.
File:Sputnik 1.jpg|link=Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)|1958: [[Sputnik 1 (nonfiction)|Sputnik 1]] falls to Earth from orbit.
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File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.


||Wilbur Rounding Franks (d. January 4, 1986) was a Canadian scientist, notable as the inventor of the anti-gravity suit or G-suit, and for his work in cancer research. Pic.
||1986: Wilbur Rounding Franks dies ... scientist, notable as the inventor of the anti-gravity suit or G-suit, and for his work in cancer research. Pic.


|link=Harold Eugene Edgerton (nonfiction)|1990: Engineer and academic [[Harold Eugene Edgerton (nonfiction)|Harold Eugene Edgerton]] born.
|link=Harold Eugene Edgerton (nonfiction)|1990: Engineer and academic [[Harold Eugene Edgerton (nonfiction)|Harold Eugene Edgerton]] born.


||1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.
||1999: Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota.


File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2002: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[portable envy]] devices.
File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2002: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[portable envy]] devices.
|File:Portable envy clock generator.jpg|link=Portable envy|2003: [[Portable envy]] components at risk of [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].


File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|2003: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] published first in prize-winning series of articles on [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|2003: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] published first in prize-winning series of articles on [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].


||2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
||2004: Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.


||2005 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
||2005: Frank Harary dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Tsutomu Yamaguchi (d. January 4, 2010) was a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 70 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[1] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions. Pic.
||2010: Tsutomu Yamaguchi dies ... survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 70 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[1] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions. Pic.


||Heinz Billing (d. 4 January 2017) was a German physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.
||2017: Heinz Billing dies ... physicist and computer scientist, widely considered a pioneer in the construction of computer systems and computer data storage, who built a prototype laser interferometric gravitational wave detector.


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  • 1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

    1847: Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.

  • 1903: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The event is documented in the film Electrocuting an Elephant.

    1903: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The event is documented in the film Electrocuting an Elephant.

  • 1932: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi born. He will work on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

    1932: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi born. He will work on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

  • 1958: Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.

    1958: Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.

  • 1959: Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.

    1959: Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.

  • 1961: Physicist and academic Erwin Schrödinger dies. He was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics for the formulation of the Schrödinger equation.

    1961: Physicist and academic Erwin Schrödinger dies. He was awarded the 1933 Nobel Prize for Physics for the formulation of the Schrödinger equation.

  • 1974: Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

    1974: Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

  • 2002: Capacitor plague affects several brands of portable envy devices.

    2002: Capacitor plague affects several brands of portable envy devices.

  • 2003: George Plimpton published first in prize-winning series of articles on capacitor plague.

    2003: George Plimpton published first in prize-winning series of articles on capacitor plague.

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