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||1929: Valentine Joseph born ... mathematician, noted for his contributions to education. Pic. | ||1929: Valentine Joseph born ... mathematician, noted for his contributions to education. Pic. | ||
||1941: Beatrice Tinsley born ... astronomer and cosmologist. | ||1941: Beatrice Tinsley born ... astronomer and cosmologist. Pic. | ||
||1947: James Victor Uspensky dies ... mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''. | ||1947: James Victor Uspensky dies ... mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''. Pic. | ||
File:Nikolai Luzin stamp.jpg|link=Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter [[Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|Nikolai Luzin]] uses point-set topology to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Nikolai Luzin stamp.jpg|link=Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter [[Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|Nikolai Luzin]] uses point-set topology to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. | ||1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. Pic. | ||
||1961: The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat. | ||1961: The Soviet submarine S-80 sinks when its snorkel malfunctions, flooding the boat. Pic: same class sub. | ||
||1965: Philip Franklin dies ... mathematician and professor whose work was primarily focused in analysis. Pic: https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/philip-franklin/ | ||1965: Philip Franklin dies ... mathematician and professor whose work was primarily focused in analysis. Pic: https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/philip-franklin/ | ||
||1967: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. | ||1967: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Pics. | ||
||1967: United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. | ||1967: United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. | ||
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1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.
1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.
1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.
1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.
1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.
1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.
1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.
2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.
2016: Ringmaster declared Picture of the Day by citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.