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File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1601: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] dies. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1601: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] dies. He made astronomical observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.


||1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)
||1632: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek born ... biologist and microbiologist (d. 1723)


File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1635: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] dies.  He design and built calculating machines, and invented techniques for producing improved maps.
File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1635: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] dies.  He design and built calculating machines, and invented techniques for producing improved maps.
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File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]] dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.
File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]] dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.


||1851 – William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.
||1851: William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.


||1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (d. 1891)
||1804: Wilhelm Eduard Weber born ... physicist and academic.


||Carl Anton Bjerknes (b. 24 October 1825) was a Norwegian mathematician and physicist. Bjerknes' earlier work was in pure mathematics, but he is principally known for his studies in hydrodynamics.
||1825: Carl Anton Bjerknes born ... mathematician and physicist. Bjerknes' earlier work was in pure mathematics, but he is principally known for his studies in hydrodynamics.


||1830 – Marianne North, English biologist and painter (d. 1890)
||1830: Marianne North born ... biologist and painter.


||Heinrich Maschke (b. 24 October 1853) was a German mathematician who proved Maschke's theorem. Pic.
||1853: Heinrich Maschke born ... mathematician who proved Maschke's theorem. Pic.


||1854 – Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (d. 1907)
||1854: Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom born ... chemist and academic.


||1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
File:Telegraph.jpg|link=Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|1861: The first transcontinental [[Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|telegraph line]] across the United States is completed.


||1871 – 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants were tortured and lynched in the Chinese massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles, California.
||1871: 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants were tortured and lynched in the Chinese massacre of 1871 in Los Angeles, California.


||Edmund Taylor Whittaker FRS FRSE (b. 24 October 1873) was an English mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions. He had a particular interest in numerical analysis, but also worked on celestial mechanics and the history of physics.
||1873: Edmund Taylor Whittaker born ... mathematician who contributed widely to applied mathematics, mathematical physics and the theory of special functions. He had a particular interest in numerical analysis, but also worked on celestial mechanics and the history of physics.


||George Braxton Pegram (b/ October 24, 1876) was an American physicist who played a key role in the technical administration of the Manhattan Project.  
||1876: George Braxton Pegram born ... physicist who played a key role in the technical administration of the Manhattan Project.  


||Albert Châtelet (b. 24 October 1883) was a French politician and mathematician.
||1883: Albert Châtelet born ... politician and mathematician.


||1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in t a barrel.
||1901: Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.


||1903 – Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
||1903: Melvin Purvis born ... FBI agent.


||1906 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
||1906: Alexander Gelfond born ... mathematician and cryptographer.


||1908 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
||1908: John Tuzo Wilson born ... geologist and geophysicist.


||1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
||1911: Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.


||1919 – Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008) helicopters
||1919: Frank Piasecki born ...  engineer and pilot ... helicopters


||1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
||1920: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger born .. mathematician and academic (d. 1996)


||1926 – Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
||1926: Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.


||Paul Appell (d. 24 October 1930) was a French mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. The concept of Appell polynomials is named after him. Pic
||1930: Paul Appell dies ... mathematician and Rector of the University of Paris. The concept of Appell polynomials is named after him. Pic


||1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
||1932: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)


||William Albert Noyes (d. October 24, 1941) was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic.
||1941: William Albert Noyes born ... analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic.


||1945 – Founding of the United Nations.
||1945: Founding of the United Nations.


||1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
||1946: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.


||1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
||1947: Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.


||1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
||1949: The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.


||1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
||1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.


||1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
||1957: The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.


||1960 – Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)
||1960: Yevgeny Ostashev dies ... rocket test pilot ... participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)


||1960 – Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash.
||1960: Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash.


||1963 – The fire at the spaceport Baikonur in one of the martial mines missiles R-9. Seven people were killed.
||1963: The fire at the spaceport Baikonur in one of the martial mines missiles R-9. Seven people were killed.


||1966 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
||1966: Sofya Yanovskaya dies ... mathematician and historian (b. 1896)


||1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.
||1975: In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gaps in gender equality.


||1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960s to early 1980s.
||1990: Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960s to early 1980s.


||1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.
||1998: Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission.


||Isao Imai (d. 2004) was a Japanese theoretical physicist, known for fluid mechanics and mathematical physics.
||2004: Isao Imai dies ... theoretical physicist, known for fluid mechanics and mathematical physics.


||2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
||2007: Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.


||2011 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (b. 1927)
||2011: John McCarthy dies ... computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language.


||2014 – The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
||2014: The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.


File:Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge|2015: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge]]'' reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge|2015: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge]]'' reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

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  • 1601: Astronomer Tycho Brahe dies. He made astronomical observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.

    1601: Astronomer Tycho Brahe dies. He made astronomical observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.

  • 1635: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard dies. He design and built calculating machines, and invented techniques for producing improved maps.

    1635: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard dies. He design and built calculating machines, and invented techniques for producing improved maps.

  • 1602: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1602: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Tycho Brahe's astronomical observations to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1646: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter Evangelista Torricelli his "barometer of the indivisibles", which uses quantum pressure to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

    1646: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter Evangelista Torricelli his "barometer of the indivisibles", which uses quantum pressure to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

  • 1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.

    1655: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi dies. He clashed with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.

  • 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

    1861: The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

  • 2015: Steganographic analysis of Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

    2015: Steganographic analysis of Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

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