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||1704 – John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle (d. 1780) | |||
||1714 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (d. 1784) | |||
||1832 – William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919) | |||
File:Charles Grafton Page.jpg|link=Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|1859: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|Charles Grafton Page]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to forecast and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Charles Grafton Page.jpg|link=Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|1859: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|Charles Grafton Page]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to forecast and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1876 – American Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud: One thousand five hundred Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook's forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. | |||
||1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory. | |||
||1885 – The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor. | |||
||1898 – Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (d. 1961) | |||
||1901 – The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT. | |||
||1920 – François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) | |||
File:Alexander Shulgin 2009.jpg|link=Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|1925: Pharmacologist and chemist [[Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|Alexander Shulgin]] born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. | File:Alexander Shulgin 2009.jpg|link=Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|1925: Pharmacologist and chemist [[Alexander Shulgin (nonfiction)|Alexander Shulgin]] born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential. | ||
File:Bonus marchers.gif|link=Bonus Army (nonfiction)|1932: [[Bonus Army (nonfiction)|Bonus Army]]: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits. | |||
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1939: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the [[Watergate scandal]] virus. | File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1939: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the [[Watergate scandal]] virus. | ||
||1940 – Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) | |||
||1944 – Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. | |||
||1952 – Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914) | |||
||1957 – J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888) | |||
||1967 – The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. | |||
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition. | ||
||Milbourne Christopher (d. 17 June 1984) was a prominent American illusionist, magic historian, and author. | |||
||1985 – STS-51-G Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist. | |||
||2001 – Donald J. Cram, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) | |||
||2012 – Nathan Divinsky, Canadian mathematician and chess player (b. 1925) | |||
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Revision as of 09:09, 3 September 2017
1859: Inventor and crime-fighter Charles Grafton Page uses Gnomon algorithm to forecast and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.
1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
1939: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the Watergate scandal virus.
1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.