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||1991 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918) | ||1991 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918) | ||
||Abraham "Abe" Sinkov (d. January 19, 1998) was a US cryptanalyst. | |||
||1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. | ||1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999. | ||
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File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|2016: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|2016: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | ||
|File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|1959: [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] [[Weapon (nonfiction)|weaponized]], defense industry predicts numerous applications. | |File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|1959: [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] [[Weapon (nonfiction)|weaponized]], defense industry predicts numerous applications. | ||
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1618: Johannes Kepler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent crimes against laws of planetary motion.
1878: Chemist and physicist Henri Victor Regnault dies. He was an early thermodynamicist, best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases, and for mentoring William Thomson in the late 1840s.
1883: The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
1883: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch born. He will make important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
1884: Electrical engineer and crime-fighter Zénobe Gramme uses what will later be called the Gramme Device to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1915: Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
2015: Engineer and inventor Justin Capră dies. He designed fuel-efficient cars, unconventional engines, aircraft, and jet backpacks.
2016: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."