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||1697: Francesco Redi dies ... physician and poet. Pic. | ||1697: Francesco Redi dies ... physician and poet. Pic. | ||
||1829: Thomas Earnshaw dies ... watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. He is also known for his improvements to the transit clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London and his invention of a chronometer escapement and a form of bimetallic compensation balance. Pic. | ||1829: Thomas Earnshaw dies ... watchmaker who, following John Arnold's earlier work, further simplified the process of marine chronometer production, making them available to the general public. He is also known for his improvements to the transit clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London and his invention of a chronometer escapement and a form of bimetallic compensation balance. Pic. | ||
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File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1973: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever. | File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1973: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever. | ||
File:Humpty Dumpty At Bat.jpg|link=Humpty Dumpty At Bat|1974: Signed first edition of ''[[Humpty Dumpty At Bat]]'' sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent | File:Humpty Dumpty At Bat.jpg|link=Humpty Dumpty At Bat|1974: Signed first edition of ''[[Humpty Dumpty At Bat]]'' sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist from New Minneapolis, Canada during charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants. | ||
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. | ||
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||2015: Georg Kreisel dies ... mathematical logician. Pic: http://geopolicraticus.tumblr.com/post/112463880322/georg-kreisel-rip | ||2015: Georg Kreisel dies ... mathematical logician. Pic: http://geopolicraticus.tumblr.com/post/112463880322/georg-kreisel-rip | ||
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1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.
1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1954: Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.
1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist from New Minneapolis, Canada during charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
2012: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and poet Florence Newman Trefethen dies. Trefethen enlisted as a Naval officer during World War II, serving in the WAVES as a codebreaker with the Magic project, which decrypted critical Japanese communications.