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||1882 – James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) | ||1882 – James Franck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) | ||
||Elizebeth Smith Friedman (b. August 26, 1892) was an expert cryptanalyst and author, and pioneer in U.S. cryptography. She has been called "America's first female cryptanalyst". | |||
File:Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|1895: Signed first edition of ''[[Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|Interview with Wallace War-Heels]]'' sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|1895: Signed first edition of ''[[Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|Interview with Wallace War-Heels]]'' sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.
1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.
2010: Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association sponsors conference on the life and work of writer and crime-fighter John Brunner.