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||2014: Colin Pillinger dies ... astronomer, chemist, and academic.
||2014: Colin Pillinger dies ... astronomer, chemist, and academic.


||2015: Samuel Frederick Edwards dies ... physicist. Pic.
||2015: Samuel Edwards dies ... physicist. Pic.  


||2017: Elon Lages Lima dies ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.
||2017: Elon Lages Lima dies ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.

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  • 1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter Antoine Lavoisier publishes his groundbreaking treatise on crimes against chemical constants, introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.

    1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter Antoine Lavoisier publishes his groundbreaking treatise on crimes against chemical constants, introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.

  • 1794: French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

    1794: French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.

  • 1832: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann born. He will study physics with his father, and later work as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.

    1832: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann born. He will study physics with his father, and later work as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.

  • 1860: Electrical engineer and inventor Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger born. He will invent the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which will be critical to the general acceptance of AC power.

    1860: Electrical engineer and inventor Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger born. He will invent the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which will be critical to the general acceptance of AC power.

  • 1895: Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver.

    1895: Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver.

  • 1895: Mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock purchases signed first edition of The Time Machine, telling author H. G. Wells that the book "is an instant classic."

    1895: Mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock purchases signed first edition of The Time Machine, telling author H. G. Wells that the book "is an instant classic."

  • 1895: First publication of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.

    1895: First publication of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.

  • 1896: Serial killer H. H. Holmes is executed for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel.

    1896: Serial killer H. H. Holmes is executed for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel.

  • 1960: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new film about the American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

    1960: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new film about the American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

  • 1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

    1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.

  • 1960: Actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.

    1960: Actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.

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