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||1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
||1706 – Benjamin Franklin, American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania (d. 1790)
||1786: Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until 1819 when its orbit was computed by Johann Franz Encke


File:Charles Babbage by Antoine Claudet c1847-51.jpg|link=Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|1812: Polymath [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to visualize the concept of a digital programmable computer.
File:Charles Babbage by Antoine Claudet c1847-51.jpg|link=Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|1812: Polymath [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to visualize the concept of a digital programmable computer.

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  • 1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

    1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

  • 1552: Mathematician and criminal Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.

    1552: Mathematician and criminal Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

    1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

  • 1812: Polymath Charles Babbage uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to visualize the concept of a digital programmable computer.

    1812: Polymath Charles Babbage uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to visualize the concept of a digital programmable computer.

  • 1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.

    1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.

  • 1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

    1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

  • 1928: Scrimshaw abuse study finds therapeutic potential of Brownian ratchet.

    1928: Scrimshaw abuse study finds therapeutic potential of Brownian ratchet.

  • 1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

    1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

  • 1958: Mathematical models indicate that an American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days.

    1958: Mathematical models indicate that an American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days.

  • 1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

    1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

  • 1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

    1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

  • 1969: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new type of Brownian ratchet.

    1969: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new type of Brownian ratchet.

  • 1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

    1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

  • 2020: Jekyll, the "perfume for sociopaths", announces record profits.

    2020: Jekyll, the "perfume for sociopaths", announces record profits.

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