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File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyám]] dies.
File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyám]] dies.
File:Red Eyes.jpg|link=Red Eyes|1131: [[Red Eyes]] delivers eulogy for [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyám]].
File:Red Eyes.jpg|link=Red Eyes|1131: [[Red Eyes]] delivers eulogy for [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyám]].
||1580 – Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
||1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
||1680 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
||1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
||1798 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
File:Luigi Galvani.jpg|link=Luigi Galvani (nonfiction)|1798: Physician and physicist [[Luigi Galvani (nonfiction)|Luigi Galvani]] dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.
File:Luigi Galvani.jpg|link=Luigi Galvani (nonfiction)|1798: Physician and physicist [[Luigi Galvani (nonfiction)|Luigi Galvani]] dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.


File:John Tyndall 1878.jpg|link=John Tyndall (nonfiction)|1820: Physicist [[John Tyndall (nonfiction)|John Tyndall]] dies of chloral hydrate overdose.  He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
File:John Tyndall 1878.jpg|link=John Tyndall (nonfiction)|1820: Physicist [[John Tyndall (nonfiction)|John Tyndall]] dies of chloral hydrate overdose.  He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
||1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
||1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
||1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.
||1893 – John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
File:Golem and Loew.jpg|link=Golem (nonfiction)|1899: Rabbi Lowe inspects [[Golem (nonfiction)|traditional golem]] for organic toxins.
File:Golem and Loew.jpg|link=Golem (nonfiction)|1899: Rabbi Lowe inspects [[Golem (nonfiction)|traditional golem]] for organic toxins.
||1948 – Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
||1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
||1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
File:London-Has-Swollen Double-Decker-2.jpg|link=London Has Swollen|2016: ''[[London Has Swollen]]'' wins Sundance Film Festival award.
File:London-Has-Swollen Double-Decker-2.jpg|link=London Has Swollen|2016: ''[[London Has Swollen]]'' wins Sundance Film Festival award.
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|2023: Bingo tokens harvested from [[diagramaceous soil]].  
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|2023: Bingo tokens harvested from [[diagramaceous soil]].  
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Revision as of 06:16, 1 September 2017

  • 1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.

    1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.

  • 1131: Red Eyes delivers eulogy for Omar Khayyám.

    1131: Red Eyes delivers eulogy for Omar Khayyám.

  • 1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.

    1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.

  • 1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

    1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.

  • 1899: Rabbi Lowe inspects traditional golem for organic toxins.

    1899: Rabbi Lowe inspects traditional golem for organic toxins.

  • 1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).

    1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).

  • 2016: London Has Swollen wins Sundance Film Festival award.

    2016: London Has Swollen wins Sundance Film Festival award.

  • 2023: Bingo tokens harvested from diagramaceous soil.

    2023: Bingo tokens harvested from diagramaceous soil.

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