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||2000: Kazimierz Leski dies ... engineer and pilot.
||2000: Kazimierz Leski dies ... engineer and pilot.
||2004: Mikhail Mikhailovich Postnikov dies ... mathematician, known for his work in algebraic and differential topology. Pic: http://www.mi-ras.ru/index.php?c=inmemoria&l=1


||2007: Ed Yost dies ... inventor, created the hot air balloon.
||2007: Ed Yost dies ... inventor, created the hot air balloon.

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  • 1610: Factotum and regicide François Ravaillac executed.

    1610: Factotum and regicide François Ravaillac executed.

  • 1897: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft born. He will be instrumental in the development of nuclear power.

    1897: Physicist, academic, and Nobel Prize laureate John Cockcroft born. He will be instrumental in the development of nuclear power.

  • 1931: Physicist and explorer Auguste Piccard and his assistant Paul Kipfer take off from Augsburg, Germany in their high-altitude balloon, reaching a record altitude of 15,781 m (51,775 ft). During the flight, Piccard gathers data on the upper atmosphere, including cosmic ray measurements.

    1931: Physicist and explorer Auguste Piccard and his assistant Paul Kipfer take off from Augsburg, Germany in their high-altitude balloon, reaching a record altitude of 15,781 m (51,775 ft). During the flight, Piccard gathers data on the upper atmosphere, including cosmic ray measurements.

  • 1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

    1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

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