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||1441 – Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer. No pic.
||1441: Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer. No pic.


||1571 – Hippolytus Guarinonius, Italian physician and polymath (d. 1654). Pic.
||1571: Hippolytus Guarinonius born ... physician and polymath. Pic.


||1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706). Pic.
||1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (d. 1706). Pic.
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||Dennis William Siahou Sciama, FRS (b. 18 November 1926) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
||Dennis William Siahou Sciama, FRS (b. 18 November 1926) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.


||1928 – Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
||1928: Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.


||1938 – Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
||1932: Frederick Jelinek born ... researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing. He is well known for his oft-quoted statement, "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up". Pic: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/business/24jelinek.html


||1941 – Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
||1938: Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.


||Jacob David Tamarkin (d. 18 November 1945) was a Russian-American mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis.
||1941: Walther Nernst dies ... chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1956 – Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software (d. 2014)
||1945: Jacob David Tamarkin dies ... mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis.
 
||1956: Jim Weirich born ... computer scientist, developed Rake Software.


File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1959: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.
File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1959: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.
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File:Niels Bohr.jpg|link=Niels Bohr (nonfiction)|1962: Physicist and philosopher [[Niels Bohr (nonfiction)|Niels Bohr]] born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.
File:Niels Bohr.jpg|link=Niels Bohr (nonfiction)|1962: Physicist and philosopher [[Niels Bohr (nonfiction)|Niels Bohr]] born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.


||1963 – The first push-button telephone goes into service.
||1963: The first push-button telephone goes into service.


||1978 – In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.
||1978: In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.


||2004 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (b. 1905)
||2004: Robert Bacher dies ... physicist and academic.


||Sidney Richard Coleman (d. 18 November 2007) was an American theoretical physicist who studied under Murray Gell-Mann. He is noted for his research in high-energy theoretical physics. Pic.
||2007: Sidney Richard Coleman dies ... theoretical physicist who studied under Murray Gell-Mann. He is noted for his research in high-energy theoretical physics. Pic.


File:MAVEN spacecraft.jpg|link=MAVEN (nonfiction)|2013: NASA launches the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] to Mars.
File:MAVEN spacecraft.jpg|link=MAVEN (nonfiction)|2013: NASA launches the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] to Mars.


||Jay Wright Forrester (d. November 16, 2016) was a pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist. He was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Forrester is known as the founder of system dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems. Pic.
||2016: Jay Wright Forrester dies ... pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist. He was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Forrester is known as the founder of system dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems. Pic.


File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] to [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]].
File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] to [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]].


|File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|2017: [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]], the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.
|File:Gheorghe Marinescu science film 1899.jpg|link=Documentary film (nonfiction)|[[Documentary film (nonfiction)|Documentary film]] says it is not ready to retire.
|File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' means what it says, warn experts.
|File:Azerbaijan-monster-wants-lapilli-soup.jpg|link=[[Lapilli soup]]|[[Lapilli soup]] is "best soup in the world," according to new survey of [[Monster (nonfiction)|monsters]].
|File:Kells genealogy of Christ.jpg|link=Uncial script (nonfiction)|[[Uncial script (nonfiction)|Uncial script]] poised for comeback, according to computational typography theory.
|File:Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower - NOAA.jpg|link=Lightning (nonfiction)|[[Lightning (nonfiction)|Lightning]] apologizes for striking Eiffel tower.
|File:Hypercube.svg|link=The Boxes|Supervillain [[The Boxes]] announces plan to destroy the world "for its own good."
|File:Thomas Carlyle manuscript burning Japan.png|link=Writer (nonfiction)|[[Writer (nonfiction)|Writer]] appalled by self-immolation of book.
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  • 1724: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão dies.

    1724: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão dies.

  • 1831: Physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. born. He will make important investigations on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; he will be one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire.

    1831: Physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. born. He will make important investigations on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; he will be one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire.

  • 1866: Physicist and crime-fighter Georg Hermann Quincke uses the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

    1866: Physicist and crime-fighter Georg Hermann Quincke uses the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

  • 1959: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.

    1959: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.

  • 1962: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

    1962: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

  • 2013: NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

    2013: NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the MAVEN probe to Mars.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the MAVEN probe to Mars.

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