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||1943: Heinrich Biltz dies ... chemist and academic. Pic.
||1943: Heinrich Biltz dies ... chemist and academic. Pic.
File:Claude Lévi-Strauss receiving Erasmus Prize (1973).jpg|link=Claude Lévi-Strauss (nonfiction)|1964: Anthropologist, ethnologist, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] philosopher [[Claude Lévi-Strauss (nonfiction)|Claude Lévi-Strauss]] is awarded the Anthropologist of the Year by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


File:Long Shot film still.jpg|link=Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|1965 Oct. 29: ''[[Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|Long Shot]]'' nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.
File:Long Shot film still.jpg|link=Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|1965 Oct. 29: ''[[Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|Long Shot]]'' nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.

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  • 1675: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

    1675: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

  • 1732: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.

    1732: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.

  • 1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1964: Anthropologist, ethnologist, and Gnomon algorithm philosopher Claude Lévi-Strauss is awarded the Anthropologist of the Year by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1964: Anthropologist, ethnologist, and Gnomon algorithm philosopher Claude Lévi-Strauss is awarded the Anthropologist of the Year by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 1965 Oct. 29: Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.

    1965 Oct. 29: Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.

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