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||1709: Samuel Johnson born ... lexicographer and poet. Pic.
||1709: Samuel Johnson born ... lexicographer and poet. Pic.
File:Pieter van Musschenbroek.jpg|link=Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|1751: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|Pieter van Musschenbroek]] uses a grid of Leyden jars to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1752: Adrien-Marie Legendre born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic (striking caricature).
||1752: Adrien-Marie Legendre born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic (striking caricature).
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||1912: Frank Farmer born ... physicist, and a pioneer in the application of physics to medicine, particularly in relation to the practical aspects of cancer treatment by radiation. Pic search.
||1912: Frank Farmer born ... physicist, and a pioneer in the application of physics to medicine, particularly in relation to the practical aspects of cancer treatment by radiation. Pic search.
File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1913: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] performs at charity concert to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1925: Victor L. Klee, Jr. born ... mathematician specialising in convex sets, functional analysis, analysis of algorithms, optimization, and combinatorics. Pic.
||1925: Victor L. Klee, Jr. born ... mathematician specialising in convex sets, functional analysis, analysis of algorithms, optimization, and combinatorics. Pic.
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||2014: Richard F. Arenstorf born ... mathematician who discovered a stable orbit between the Earth and the Moon, called an Arenstorf Orbit, which was the basis of the orbit used by the Apollo Program for going to the Moon. Pic.
||2014: Richard F. Arenstorf born ... mathematician who discovered a stable orbit between the Earth and the Moon, called an Arenstorf Orbit, which was the basis of the orbit used by the Apollo Program for going to the Moon. Pic.
File:Red Spiral 3.jpg|link=Red Spiral 3 (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Red Spiral 3 (nonfiction)|Red Spiral 3]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||2016: Wolfhart Zimmermann dies ... theoretical physicist. Pic: http://wwwth.mpp.mpg.de/conf/zimmermann-memorial/
||2016: Wolfhart Zimmermann dies ... theoretical physicist. Pic: http://wwwth.mpp.mpg.de/conf/zimmermann-memorial/


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  • 1783: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function.

    1783: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler dies. He made important and influential discoveries in many branches of mathematics, and introduced much of the modern mathematical terminology and notation, such as the notion of a mathematical function.

  • 1947: The majority of the provisions of the National Security Act, which establishes The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, come into effect, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.

    1947: The majority of the provisions of the National Security Act, which establishes The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency, come into effect, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first Secretary of Defense.

  • 1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.

    1967: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft dies. He was instrumental in the development of nuclear power.

  • 1976: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian tells a funny story about why you can't go in there.

    1976: Public servant and alleged time-traveller The Custodian tells a funny story about why you can't go in there.

  • 1977: Voyager 1 takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.

    1977: Voyager 1 takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.

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