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||1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490) | ||1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490) | ||
||1767: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished drawing what some describe as "the world's longest straight line." Actually two straight lines, it forms parts of the boundaries between the U.S. states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. | |||
||Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (d. 1 August 1769) was a French astronomer, best known for his observations of the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. | ||Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche (d. 1 August 1769) was a French astronomer, best known for his observations of the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. | ||
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||John Clive Ward (b. 1 August 1924) was a British-Australian physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic. | ||John Clive Ward (b. 1 August 1924) was a British-Australian physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic. | ||
||1944: Start of MARK series of computers: The MARK I computer began operation at Harvard University. The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator was an electro-mechanical computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I | |||
||1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). | ||1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). | ||
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1774: British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1818: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre uses astronomical equations derived from analytical formulas which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1819: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
1869: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane falls asleep, relapses into her Janet Beta state.
1977: Francis Gary Powers dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.
1977: Political campaign manager and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says that Francis Gary Powers "was practically a leftist."