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||1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier. | ||1773 – The Whirlpool Galaxy is discovered by Charles Messier. | ||
||1820 – John William Dawson, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1899) | |||
||Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (English: /ˈvɪərkoʊ, ˈfɪərxoʊ/;[2] German: [ˈvɪɐ̯çoː];[3][4] 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician, known for his advancement of public health. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" because his work helped to discredit humourism, bringing more science to medicine. He is also known as the founder of social medicine and veterinary pathology, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine". | ||Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (English: /ˈvɪərkoʊ, ˈfɪərxoʊ/;[2] German: [ˈvɪɐ̯çoː];[3][4] 13 October 1821 – 5 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician, known for his advancement of public health. He is known as "the father of modern pathology" because his work helped to discredit humourism, bringing more science to medicine. He is also known as the founder of social medicine and veterinary pathology, and to his colleagues, the "Pope of medicine". | ||
||1821 – Rudolf Virchow, German physician, biologist, and politician (d. 1902) | |||
||1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945) | ||1870 – Albert Jay Nock, American theorist, author, and critic (d. 1945) - conservative | ||
||1884 – The International Meridian Conference votes on a resolution to establish the meridian passing through the Observatory of Greenwich, in London, as the initial meridian for longitude. | ||1884 – The International Meridian Conference votes on a resolution to establish the meridian passing through the Observatory of Greenwich, in London, as the initial meridian for longitude. | ||
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||1893 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971) | ||1893 – Kurt Reidemeister, German mathematician connected to the Vienna Circle (d. 1971) | ||
||1938 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894) | |||
||1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C. | ||1976 – The first electron micrograph of an Ebola viral particle is obtained by Dr. F. A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, who was then working at the C.D.C. | ||
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1687: Astronomer, lens-maker, and academic Geminiano Montanari dies. He made the observation that Algol in the constellation of Perseus varies in brightness.
1990: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, experiences irrational fear of the number thirteen.