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||303: Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. Pic (portrait bust).
||303: Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire. Pic (portrait bust).


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||1898: Kurt Tank born ... pilot and engineer. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Pic.
||1898: Kurt Tank born ... pilot and engineer. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II. Pic.


||1917: World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
||1917: World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States. Pic.


||1920: The Nazi Party is founded.
||1920: The Nazi Party is founded. Pic.


||1921: Frederic Gordon Foster born ... computational engineer, statistician, professor, and college dean who is widely known for devising, in 1965, a nine-digit code upon which the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is based. No pic, none.
||1921: Frederic Gordon Foster born ... computational engineer, statistician, professor, and college dean who is widely known for devising, in 1965, a nine-digit code upon which the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is based. No pic, none.


||1933: Judah Folkman born ... physician and biologist.
||1933: Judah Folkman born ... physician and biologist. He researched tumor angiogenesis, the process by which a tumor attracts blood vessels to nourish itself and sustain its existence; his worke has led to the discovery of a number of therapies based on inhibiting or stimulating neovascularization. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=judah+folkman


||1939: Jamal Nazrul Islam born ... physicist and cosmologist. Pic.
||1939: Jamal Nazrul Islam born ... physicist and cosmologist. Pic.
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||1981: Georgi Nadjakov dies. He investigated photoconducting properties of sulphur. He prepared the permanent photoelectret state of matter for the first time and published his paper in 1937 and 1938. He called[citation needed] the electret discovered by Mototaro Eguchi in 1919, thermoelectret and the electret discovered by him in 1937, photoelectret. Pic.
||1981: Georgi Nadjakov dies. He investigated photoconducting properties of sulphur. He prepared the permanent photoelectret state of matter for the first time and published his paper in 1937 and 1938. He called[citation needed] the electret discovered by Mototaro Eguchi in 1919, thermoelectret and the electret discovered by him in 1937, photoelectret. Pic.


||1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
||1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issues a fatwa and offers a USD $3 million bounty for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. Pic.


||1993: Chaim Leib Pekeris dies ... physicist and mathematician. He made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms, in particular the Helium atom. He was also one of the designers of the first computer in Israel, WEIZAC. Pic: https://www.geni.com/people/Prof-Chaim-Leib-Pekeris/6000000026350827675
||1993: Chaim Leib Pekeris dies ... physicist and mathematician. He made notable contributions to geophysics and the spectral theory of many-electron atoms, in particular the Helium atom. He was also one of the designers of the first computer in Israel, WEIZAC. Pic: https://www.geni.com/people/Prof-Chaim-Leib-Pekeris/6000000026350827675

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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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