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||1617: David Fabricius dies ... astronomer and theologian. | ||1617: David Fabricius dies ... astronomer and theologian. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=david+fabricius+astronomer | ||
||1700: Gerard van Swieten born ... physician ... Vampires | ||1700: Gerard van Swieten born ... physician ... Vampires | ||
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||2015: Samuel Edwards dies ... physicist. Pic. | ||2015: Samuel Edwards dies ... physicist. Pic. | ||
||2017: Elon Lages Lima dies ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil. | ||2017: Elon Lages Lima dies ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil. Pic. | ||
|File:Green Spiral.jpg|link=Green Spiral (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Green Spiral (nonfiction)|Green Spiral]]'' unexpectedly reveals ... | |File:Green Spiral.jpg|link=Green Spiral (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Green Spiral (nonfiction)|Green Spiral]]'' unexpectedly reveals ... | ||
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1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter Antoine Lavoisier publishes his groundbreaking treatise on crimes against chemical constants, introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.
1794: French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
1832: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann born. He will study physics with his father, and later work as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
1860: Electrical engineer and inventor Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger born. He will invent the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which will be critical to the general acceptance of AC power.
1895: Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver.
1895: Mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock purchases signed first edition of The Time Machine, telling author H. G. Wells that the book "is an instant classic."
1895: First publication of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
1896: Serial killer H. H. Holmes is executed for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel.
1960: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new film about the American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
1960: Actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.
2016: Crimson Blossom 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.