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||1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
||1519: Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.


File:Gilles Personne de Roberval.jpg|link=Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|1602: Mathematician and academic [[Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|Gilles de Roberval]] born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Copernican heliocentric system]] and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.
File:Gilles Personne de Roberval.jpg|link=Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|1602: Mathematician and academic [[Gilles de Roberval (nonfiction)|Gilles de Roberval]] born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Copernican heliocentric system]] and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.


||1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
||1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.


File:Allumette Empyrées.jpg|link=Les Empyrées|1792: ''Allumette enflammée inverse'', symbol of [[Les Empyrées]], accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.
File:Allumette Empyrées.jpg|link=Les Empyrées|1792: ''Allumette enflammée inverse'', symbol of [[Les Empyrées]], accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.
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File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1792: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.


||1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
||1793: The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.


||1839 – Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1896). Pic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Stoletov
||1839: Aleksandr Stoletov born ... physicist and academic. Pic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Stoletov


||1856 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915)
||1856: William Willett born ... inventor, founded British Summer Time.


||Georg Alexander Pick (b. 10 August 1859) was an Austrian born mathematician. Today he is best known for Pick's theorem for determining the area of lattice polygons. Pic.
||1859: Georg Alexander Pick born ... mathematician. Today he is best known for Pick's theorem for determining the area of lattice polygons. Pic.


||1862 – Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
||1862: Hon'inbō Shūsaku dies ... Go player.


||1874 – Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
||1868: Dr. Hugo Eckener born ... the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. An anti-Nazi who was invited to campaign as a moderate in the German presidential elections, he was blacklisted by that regime and eventually sidelined. Pic.


||Robert Wichard Pohl (b. 10 August 1884) was a German physicist at the University of Göttingen. he has been called the "father of solid state physics". Pic.
||1874: Herbert Hoover born ... engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States.


||1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d. 1967)
||1884: Robert Wichard Pohl born ... physicist at the University of Göttingen. He has been called the "father of solid state physics". Pic.
 
||1889: Charles Darrow born ... game designer, created Monopoly.


File:Henrietta Bolt.jpg|link=Henrietta Bolt|1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller [[Henrietta Bolt]] warns "flying man"  [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]] that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."
File:Henrietta Bolt.jpg|link=Henrietta Bolt|1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller [[Henrietta Bolt]] warns "flying man"  [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]] that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."
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Otto_Lilienthal.jpg|link=Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|1896: Aviation pioneer [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]], known as the ''flying man'', dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.
Otto_Lilienthal.jpg|link=Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|1896: Aviation pioneer [[Otto Lilienthal (nonfiction)|Otto Lilienthal]], known as the ''flying man'', dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.


||Franco Dino Rasetti (b. August 10, 1901) was an Italian scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic.
||1901: Franco Dino Rasetti born ... scientist who, together with Enrico Fermi, discovered key processes leading to nuclear fission. Rasetti refused to work on the Manhattan Project on moral grounds. Pic.


||1902 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
||1902: Arne Tiselius born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1913 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
||1913: Wolfgang Paul born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Henry Gwyn Jeffrey's Moseley (d. 10 August 1915) was an English physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number.  
||1915: Henry Gwyn Jeffrey's Moseley dies ... physicist, whose contribution to the science of physics was the justification from physical laws of the previous empirical and chemical concept of the atomic number.  


||Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu (b. August 10, 1927) was an Indian astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic.
||1927: Manali Kallat Vainu Bappu born ... astronomer. In 1957, he discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect jointly with American astronomer Olin Chaddock Wilson. He is regarded as the father of modern Indian astronomy. Pic.


||1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
||1932: A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.


||1945 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
||1945: Robert H. Goddard dies ... physicist and engineer.


||1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
||1948: Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.


||1949 – Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (b. 1892)
||1949: Homer Burton Adkins dies ... chemist.


||1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
||1949: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.


||1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
||1953: First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.


||1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
||1954: At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.


File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new theory of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new theory of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].
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File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.


||1961 – First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
||1961: First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.


||Josef Mattauch (d. 10 August 1976) was a German physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic.
||1976: Josef Mattauch dies ... physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic.


||1979 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
||1979: Walter Gerlach dies ... physicist and academic.


||Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman (d. 10 August 1982) was a British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely connected with cryptography, and he showed exceptional skill at cryptanalysis. His work in association with Bill Tutte on the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, the German teleprinter cipher, called "Tunny" (for tunafish) at Bletchley Park, led to breakthroughs in attack methods on the code, without a computer. Pic.
||1982: Brigadier John Hessell Tiltman dies .... British Army officer who worked in intelligence, often at or with the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) starting in the 1920s. His intelligence work was largely connected with cryptography, and he showed exceptional skill at cryptanalysis. His work in association with Bill Tutte on the cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher, the German teleprinter cipher, called "Tunny" (for tunafish) at Bletchley Park, led to breakthroughs in attack methods on the code, without a computer. Pic.


||1988 – Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
||1988: Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.


||1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
||1990: The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.


||Joseph Daniel Casolaro (d. August 10, 1991) was an American freelance writer. Pic.
||1991: Joseph Daniel Casolaro dies ... freelance writer. Pic.


||Teresa Cohen (d. August 10, 1992) was an American mathematician. Invited to join the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1920, she advanced to the rank of full professor; after her mandatory retirement in 1962, she maintained an office in the Department of Mathematics and tutored students for free until 1985 at the age of 94. Pic.
||1992: Teresa Cohen dies ... mathematician. Invited to join the faculty of Pennsylvania State University in 1920, she advanced to the rank of full professor; after her mandatory retirement in 1962, she maintained an office in the Department of Mathematics and tutored students for free until 1985 at the age of 94. Pic.


||Leo Apostel (d. Ghent, 10 August 1995) was a Belgian philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities.
||1995: Leo Apostel dies ... philosopher and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Ghent University. Apostel was an advocate of interdisciplinary research and the bridging of the gap between exact science and humanities.


||2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
||2002: Kristen Nygaard dies ... computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)


||2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)
||2014: Kathleen Ollerenshaw dies ... mathematician, astronomer, and politician.


File:The Eel Time-Surfing.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing|2017: ''[[The Eel Time-Surfing]]'' sells for two million dollars.
File:The Eel Time-Surfing.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing|2017: ''[[The Eel Time-Surfing]]'' sells for two million dollars.


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  • 1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

    1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

  • 1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

    1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

  • 1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

    1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

  • 1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

    1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

  • 1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

    1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

  • 1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new theory of Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new theory of Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

  • 1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

    1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

  • 2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

    2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

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