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File:Abraham Ortelius by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|link=Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|1570: Cartographer and geographer [[Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|Abraham Ortelius]] issues ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'', the first modern atlas. | File:Abraham Ortelius by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|link=Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|1570: Cartographer and geographer [[Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|Abraham Ortelius]] issues ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'', the first modern atlas. | ||
File:Otto_von_Guericke.jpg|link=Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|1686: Scientist, inventor, and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|Otto von Guericke]] uses the [[Magdeburg hemispheres (nonfiction)|Magdeburg hemispheres]] to defeat the notorious criminal mathematical function [[Killer Poke]] in single combat. | |||
||1772: William Congreve born ... inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets. Pic. | ||1772: William Congreve born ... inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets. Pic. | ||
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||1879: Hans Meerwein born ... chemist. Several reactions and reagents bear his name, most notably the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction, the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement, the Meerwein arylation reaction, and Meerwein's salt. Pic. | ||1879: Hans Meerwein born ... chemist. Several reactions and reagents bear his name, most notably the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction, the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement, the Meerwein arylation reaction, and Meerwein's salt. Pic. | ||
||1880: William Miller born ... mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography. Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his ''Treatise on Crystallography'' (1839). Pic search | ||1880: William Miller born ... mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography. Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his ''Treatise on Crystallography'' (1839). Pic search. | ||
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]]. | File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]]. | ||
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||1913: William Redington Hewlett born ... engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard. Pic. | ||1913: William Redington Hewlett born ... engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard. Pic. | ||
||1913: Isaak Pomeranchuk born ... theoretical physicist working in particle physics (including thermonuclear weapons), quantum field theory, electromagnetic and synchrotron radiation, condensed matter physics and the physics of liquid helium. Pic search | ||1913: Isaak Pomeranchuk born ... theoretical physicist working in particle physics (including thermonuclear weapons), quantum field theory, electromagnetic and synchrotron radiation, condensed matter physics and the physics of liquid helium. Pic search. | ||
||1920: Engineer William Hewlett born ... co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Pic. | ||1920: Engineer William Hewlett born ... co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Pic. | ||
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||1949: In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established. | ||1949: In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established. | ||
||1950: Computer scientist Sally Floyd born. Floyd will contribute to computer networking, notably Internet congestion control. Pic search | ||1950: Computer scientist Sally Floyd born. Floyd will contribute to computer networking, notably Internet congestion control. Pic search. | ||
||1956: In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. | ||1956: In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. | ||
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||1964: Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias. | ||1964: Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias. | ||
||1982: Merle Tuve dies ... geophysicist and academic. He was a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear energy. Pic search | ||1982: Merle Tuve dies ... geophysicist and academic. He was a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear energy. Pic search. | ||
||2002: Stephen Jay Gould dies ... paleontologist, biologist, and author. Pic. | ||2002: Stephen Jay Gould dies ... paleontologist, biologist, and author. Pic. | ||
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||2008: Jürgen Ehlers dies ... physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Pic. | ||2008: Jürgen Ehlers dies ... physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Pic. | ||
||2012: Eugene Polley dies ... engineer, invented the remote control. Pic search | ||2012: Eugene Polley dies ... engineer, invented the remote control. Pic search. | ||
File:Pyramid of the Sun.jpg|link=Pyramid of the Sun (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pyramid of the Sun (nonfiction)|Pyramid of the Sun]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Pyramid of the Sun.jpg|link=Pyramid of the Sun (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pyramid of the Sun (nonfiction)|Pyramid of the Sun]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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1570: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
1686: Scientist, inventor, and APTO field engineer Otto von Guericke uses the Magdeburg hemispheres to defeat the notorious criminal mathematical function Killer Poke in single combat.
1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.
1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer Niles Cartouchian uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter Nikola Tesla.
1888: Physicist Winfried Otto Schumann born. He will predict the existence of a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere, now known as Schumann resonances.
1889: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla radio technology to intercept communications between math criminals, providing information which will lead to the capture of Baron Zersetzung.
1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
1932: Amelia Earhart departs Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her Lockheed Vega on her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Earhart lands in Northern Ireland, making her the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.
1946: Logician, mathematician, and crime-fighter Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo uses the well-ordering theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2015: Pyramid of the Sun voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.