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||1962: The hot line between the White House and the Kremlin installed ... The "Red Telephone" (White House-Kremlin hotline) | ||1962: The hot line between the White House and the Kremlin installed ... The "Red Telephone" (White House-Kremlin hotline) | ||
||1979: Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams dies ... physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer. | ||1979: Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams dies ... physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer. Pic. | ||
File:Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division).jpg|link=Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division)|1954: The [[Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division]] announces daily [[Flying Diner]] breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis]]. | File:Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division).jpg|link=Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division)|1954: The [[Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division]] announces daily [[Flying Diner]] breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis]]. | ||
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1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem dies. He made significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.
1662: First known use of a Pascaline in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1844: Astronomer Francis Baily dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836).
1884: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg born. He will be awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.
1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1906: Mathematician and academic Olga Taussky-Todd born. She will contribute to matrix theory (in particular the computational stability of complex matrices), algebraic number theory, group theory, and numerical analysis.
1940: Physicist, academic, and Nobel laureate J. J. Thomson dies. His research in cathode rays led to the discovery of the electron. Thomson also discovered the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.
1954: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division announces daily Flying Diner breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and New Minneapolis.
2013: Poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer Seamus Heaney dies. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2017: Leonardo Draws Clock Head wins Newbery Award for Best Children's Book Cover of the Year.