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||1535: Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. Pic. | ||1535: Thomas More is executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. Pic. | ||
||1686: Antoine de Jussieu born ... biologist and academic. Pic search | ||1686: Antoine de Jussieu born ... biologist and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1781: Thomas Stamford Raffles born ... British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Modern Singapore. Pic. | ||1781: Thomas Stamford Raffles born ... British statesman, Lieutenant-Governor of British Java (1811–1815) and Governor-General of Bencoolen (1817–1822), best known for his founding of Modern Singapore. Pic. | ||
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||1915: Lawrence Hargrave dies ... engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Pic. | ||1915: Lawrence Hargrave dies ... engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer. Pic. | ||
||1921: Dmitri Polyakov born ... general and spy. Polyakov revealed Soviet secrets to the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency. Pic search | ||1921: Dmitri Polyakov born ... general and spy. Polyakov revealed Soviet secrets to the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency. Pic search. | ||
||1926: Hartley Rogers Jr. born ... mathematician who worked in recursion theory, and was a professor in the Mathematics Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Rogers equivalence theorem is named after him. Pic: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=hartley-rogers&pid=175517283 DOB: http://news.mit.edu/2015/hartley-rogers-professor-emeritus-mathematics-dies-0722 | ||1926: Hartley Rogers Jr. born ... mathematician who worked in recursion theory, and was a professor in the Mathematics Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Rogers equivalence theorem is named after him. Pic: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=hartley-rogers&pid=175517283 DOB: http://news.mit.edu/2015/hartley-rogers-professor-emeritus-mathematics-dies-0722 | ||
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||1971: Roger Adams dies ... organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. Pic. | ||1971: Roger Adams dies ... organic chemist. He is best known for the eponymous Adams' catalyst, and his work did much to determine the composition of naturally occurring substances such as complex vegetable oils and plant alkaloids. Pic. | ||
||1983: Chemist and academic Stephen Brunauer dies. He resigned from his position with the U.S. Navy during the McCarthy era, when he found it impossible to refute anonymous charges that he was disloyal to the U.S. Pic search. | |||
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1989: The modern dance ensemble [[Rhizolith Group]] performs at [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis Canadian]] Arts Festival, debuting an early version of their new choreographic program based on the mission statement of the nascent [[Electronic Frontier Foundation (nonfiction)|Electronic Freedom Foundation]]. | File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1989: The modern dance ensemble [[Rhizolith Group]] performs at [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis Canadian]] Arts Festival, debuting an early version of their new choreographic program based on the mission statement of the nascent [[Electronic Frontier Foundation (nonfiction)|Electronic Freedom Foundation]]. | ||
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1423: Mathematician and architect Antonio Manetti born. He will investigate the site, shape and size of Dante's Inferno, and write a biography of the architect Filippo Brunelleschi.
1476: Mathematician, astronomer, and bishop Johann Regiomontanus dies. He madecontributions to astromony which will be instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the following decades.
1913: Mathematician Jordan Carson Mark born. He will oversee the development of nuclear weapons for the US military, including the hydrogen bomb in the 1950s.
1989: The modern dance ensemble Rhizolith Group performs at New Minneapolis Canadian Arts Festival, debuting an early version of their new choreographic program based on the mission statement of the nascent Electronic Freedom Foundation.
1990: The Electronic Freedom Foundation is founded. EFF is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.
2019: Robot 7 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.