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||1721: John McKinly born ... physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware.
||1721: John McKinly born ... physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware.


||1743: Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet born ... naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.
||1743: Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet born ... naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. Pic (stirring).


||1799: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg dies ... scientist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.  
||1799: Georg Christoph Lichtenberg dies ... scientist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany. Pic.


||1803: In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
||1803: In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.

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  • 1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.

    1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.

  • 1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

    1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

  • 1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

    1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

  • 1967: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hugo Steinhaus uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1967: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hugo Steinhaus uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

    2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

  • 1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and New Minneapolis, Canada .

    1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and New Minneapolis, Canada .

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Eye Foot purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known APTO Artist-Engineer living in New Minneapolis, Canada."

    2016: Signed first edition of Eye Foot purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known APTO Artist-Engineer living in New Minneapolis, Canada."

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