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||1520 The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.
||1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage.


||1585 Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
||1585: Jan Brożek born ... mathematician, physician, and astronomer.


File:Edmund Burke 1771.jpg|link=Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|1790: [[Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|Edmund Burke]] publishes ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'', in which he predicts that the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]] will end in a disaster.
File:Edmund Burke 1771.jpg|link=Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|1790: [[Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|Edmund Burke]] publishes ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'', in which he predicts that the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]] will end in a disaster.


||Johann Friedrich Gmelin (d. 1804) was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.
||1804: Johann Friedrich Gmelin dies ... naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.


||Balfour Stewart (b. 1 November 1828) was a Scottish physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868.
||1828: Balfour Stewart born ... physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868.


||Ludwig Schlesinger (b. 1 November 1864) was a German mathematician known for the research in the field of linear differential equations. Pic.
||1864: Ludwig Schlesinger born ... mathematician known for the research in the field of linear differential equations. Pic.


||1870 In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.
||1870: In the United States, the Weather Bureau (later renamed the National Weather Service) makes its first official meteorological forecast.


||1880 Alfred Wegener, German meteorologist and geophysicist (d. 1930)
||1880: Alfred Wegener born ... meteorologist and geophysicist.


||1894 Thomas Edison films American sharpshooter Annie Oakley, which is instrumental in her hiring by Buffalo Bill for his Wild West Show.
||1894: Thomas Edison films American sharpshooter Annie Oakley, which is instrumental in her hiring by Buffalo Bill for his Wild West Show.


||Leonhard Sohncke (d. 1 November 1897) was a German mathematician who classified the 65 space groups in which chiral crystal structures form, called Sohncke groups. Pic.
||1897: Leonhard Sohncke dies ... mathematician who classified the 65 space groups in which chiral crystal structures form, called Sohncke groups. Pic.


||1897 The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
||1897: The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.


||Donald William Kerst (b. November 1, 1911) was an American physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.
||1911: Donald William Kerst born ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.


||Andrzej Mostowski (b. 1 November 1913) was a Polish mathematician. He is perhaps best remembered for the Mostowski collapse lemma.
||1913: Andrzej Mostowski born ... mathematician. He is perhaps best remembered for the Mostowski collapse lemma.


||1919 Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005)
||1919: Hermann Bondi born ... mathematician and cosmologist.


||Claude Ambrose Rogers (b. 1 November 1920) was an English mathematician who worked in analysis and geometry. Pic.
||1920: Claude Ambrose Rogers born ... mathematician who worked in analysis and geometry. Pic.


||James Burton Serrin (b. 1 November 1926) was an American mathematician, and a professor at University of Minnesota.
||1926: James Burton Serrin born ... mathematician, and a professor at University of Minnesota.


File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit.
File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit.


||Johannes Max Brückner (d. 1 November 1934) was a German geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models.
||1924: Johannes Max Brückner dies ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models.


||1938 Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
||1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.


||1951 Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. Pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exercise_Desert_Rock_I_(Buster-Jangle_Dog)_002.jpg
||1951: Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary. Pic: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exercise_Desert_Rock_I_(Buster-Jangle_Dog)_002.jpg


||1952 The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
||1952:The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.


||Sir John Edward Lennard-Jones KBE, FRS (d. 1 November 1954) was a British mathematician who was a professor of theoretical physics at University of Bristol, and then of theoretical science at the University of Cambridge. He may be regarded as the initiator of modern computational chemistry.
||1954: John Edward Lennard-Jones dies ... mathematician who was a professor of theoretical physics at University of Bristol, and then of theoretical science at the University of Cambridge. He may be regarded as the initiator of modern computational chemistry.


||1963 The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.
||1962: Thomas Murray MacRobert dies ... mathematician. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalisation of the generalised hypergeometric series. Pic: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2053&type=P
 
||1963: The Arecibo Observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, with the largest radio telescope ever constructed, officially opens.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.


||Gerrit Bol (d. November 1, 1989) was a Dutch mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points. Pic.
||1989: Gerrit Bol dies ... mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points. Pic.


||1993 Severo Ochoa, Spanish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
||1993: Severo Ochoa dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Maxwell or Max Erich (Eric) Reissner (d. November 1, 1996) was a German-American civil engineer and mathematician. He is remembered by the New York Times (1996) as the "mathematician whose work in applied mechanics helped broaden the theoretical understanding of how solid objects react under stress and led to advances in both civil and aerospace engineering." Pic.
||1996: Maxwell or Max Erich (Eric) Reissner dies ... civil engineer and mathematician. He is remembered by the New York Times (1996) as the "mathematician whose work in applied mechanics helped broaden the theoretical understanding of how solid objects react under stress and led to advances in both civil and aerospace engineering." Pic.


||1999 Theodore Hall, American physicist and spy (b. 1925)
||1999: Theodore Hall dies ... physicist and spy.


||Leon Albert Henkin (d. November 1, 2006) was a logician at the University of California, Berkeley. He was principally known for "Henkin construction", his version of the proof of the semantic completeness of standard systems of first-order logic. Pic.
||2006: Leon Albert Henkin dies ... logician at the University of California, Berkeley. He was principally known for "Henkin construction", his version of the proof of the semantic completeness of standard systems of first-order logic. Pic.


||2008 Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922)
||2008: Jacques Piccard dies ... oceanographer and engineer.


File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|2017: Steganographic analysis of famed illustration ''[[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]]'' reveals four terabytes of encrypted data.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|2017: Steganographic analysis of famed illustration ''[[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]]'' reveals four terabytes of encrypted data.


|File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1449: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] runs early version of [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]], predicts [[Manhattan Project]] within 99.5% probability.
|File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1592: [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] predicts that  [[The Eel]] will escape the [[Nacreum]] "the moment our backs are turned."
|File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1592: [[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant.
|File:Scrimshaw_Edward_Burdett.jpg|link=Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|1595: "Priceless [[Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|Scrimshaw collection]] shall be mine," vows pirate captain [[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Cinnamon Jack]].
||Oskar Barnack (1 November 1879 – 16 January 1936) was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and the father of 35 mm photography.
|File:Didgeridoo wax mouthpiece seal.jpg|link=Geometry solvent|1942: Wax seal on feeding tube enables supervillain [[Gnotilus]] to secrete [[geometry solvent]] directly into [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]].
|File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|1943: ENIAC ("[[ENIAC (SETI)|Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") provides technical and aesthetic assistance to [[Manhattan Project]].
|File:Craniometer phrenology.png|link=Phrenocracy|1961: [[Phrenocracy|Phrenocratic craniometry]] provided free to qualified [[Waif (nonfiction)|waifs]].
|File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' damages entire class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
|File:Sprouts_two_spot_game.png|1973: The [[Sprouts (game) (nonfiction)|Sprouts game]], which [[Brainiac]] uses to envelope its [[Predation (nonfiction)|prey]].
|File:Superman-fighting-Brainiac.jpg|1973: [[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] and [[Superman (nonfiction)|Superman]] accuse each other of cheating at [[Sprouts (game) (nonfiction)|Sprouts]].
|File:Analytical Engine printer.jpg|link=Analytical_Engine_(nonfiction)|2015: Early version of [[Analytical Engine (nonfiction)|Analytical Engine]] happy to know that future versions will be even better.
|File:Black_hellebore.jpg|link=Hellebore (nonfiction)|2016: [[Hellebore (nonfiction)|Black hellebore]] in black mood today.
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