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||1914: Grace Bates born ... mathematician and academic.
||1914: Grace Bates born ... mathematician and academic.
||1915: John Ulric Nef born ... chemist and academic ... discoverer of the Nef reaction and Nef synthesis. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Ulric+Nef


||1917: Eduard Buchner dies ... chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1917: Eduard Buchner dies ... chemist, Nobel Prize laureate.

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  • 1625: Physician, mathematician, and physicist Rasmus Bartholin born. He will discover the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar, publishing an accurate description of the phenomenon in 1669.

    1625: Physician, mathematician, and physicist Rasmus Bartholin born. He will discover the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar, publishing an accurate description of the phenomenon in 1669.

  • 1863: Artist Eugène Delacroix dies. His use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of color will shape the work of the Impressionists.

    1863: Artist Eugène Delacroix dies. His use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of color will shape the work of the Impressionists.

  • 1903: Physicist and mathematician Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet born. He will make seminal contributions to fluid dynamics (including the Navier–Stokes equations) and to physical optics.

    1903: Physicist and mathematician Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet born. He will make seminal contributions to fluid dynamics (including the Navier–Stokes equations) and to physical optics.

  • 1941: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

    1941: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

  • 1942: Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

    1942: Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

  • 2019: Steganographic analysis of Crimson Blossom 2 reveals "five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2019: Steganographic analysis of Crimson Blossom 2 reveals "five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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