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File:Soyuz 1 patch.png|link=Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|1967: Soviet space program: [[Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|Soyuz 1]] (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. | File:Soyuz 1 patch.png|link=Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|1967: Soviet space program: [[Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|Soyuz 1]] (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. | ||
||Robert Brainard Corey (d. April 23, 1971) was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling. | |||
||1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928) | ||1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928) | ||
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1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
1939: Mathematician and inventor Alice Beta warns President Roosevelt that the Manhattan Project will have disastrous side-effects, including a wave of crimes against mathematical constants.
1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.
1964: Physicist and crime-fighter Nikolay Basov uses quantum electronics modulator to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.