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||1988: United States Navy warship USS '''Vincennes''' shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.
||1988: United States Navy warship USS '''Vincennes''' shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard.


||1990: Maurice Girodias dies ... publisher who was the founder of the Olympia Press. At one time he was the owner of his father's Obelisk Press. He spent most of his productive years in Paris.
||1990: Maurice Girodias dies ... publisher who was the founder of the Olympia Press. At one time he was the owner of his father's Obelisk Press. He spent most of his productive years in Paris. Pic.


||1991: Ernst Witt dies ... mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic.
||1991: Ernst Witt dies ... mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time. Pic.

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  • 1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

    1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

  • 1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."

    1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."

  • 1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

    1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

  • 1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.

    1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.

  • 1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

    1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

  • 1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

    2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of green.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of green.

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