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||1949 – Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (d. 2007) | ||1949 – Doug Marlette, American author and cartoonist (d. 2007) | ||
||1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. | ||1957 – Project Vanguard: A launchpad explosion of Vanguard TV3 thwarts the first United States attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit. - The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite failed with an explosion (pictured) on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. | ||
||1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015) | ||1959 – Satoru Iwata, Japanese game programmer and businessman (d. 2015) | ||
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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and counteract geometry solvent.
1788: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
2005: Chemist, composer, and crime-fighter George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.