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||1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched. | ||1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched. | ||
File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden detail.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1993: | File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden detail.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1993: Actor-cryptographer [[Niles Cartouchian]] confirms that he personally designed the computational security protocols featured in the action-adventure film ''[[Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden]]''. | ||
File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1994: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] dies. | File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|1994: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator [[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] dies. | ||
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1662: Mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher Blaise Pascal born. He did pioneering work on calculating machines.
1822: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre dies. He was one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.
1823: Red Eyes Fighting depicts martial artist and crime-fighter Red Eyes breaking up a math lab.
1906: Inventor Philo Farnsworth born. He will make many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
1993: Actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian confirms that he personally designed the computational security protocols featured in the action-adventure film Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.
1994: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling dies.