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File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1862: Engineer and businessman [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] dies. He founded Colt's Manufacturing Company. | File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1862: Engineer and businessman [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] dies. He founded Colt's Manufacturing Company. | ||
||1875: Issai Schur born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1864: Nicholas Callan dies ... priest and physicist. Best known for his work on the induction coil. Pic. | ||
||1875: Issai Schur born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | |||
||1877: Frederick Gardner Cottrell born ... physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. | ||1877: Frederick Gardner Cottrell born ... physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist. | ||
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||1927: Alfred George Greenhill dies ... mathematician. He he will be one of the world's leading experts on applications of elliptic integrals in electromagnetic theory. Pic: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_George_Greenhill | ||1927: Alfred George Greenhill dies ... mathematician. He he will be one of the world's leading experts on applications of elliptic integrals in electromagnetic theory. Pic: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_George_Greenhill | ||
||1927: Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. | ||1927: Fritz Lang's futuristic film ''Metropolis'' is released in Germany. | ||
File:Donald Knuth.jpg|link=Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|1938: Computer scientist and mathematician [[Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|Donald Knuth]] born. | File:Donald Knuth.jpg|link=Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|1938: Computer scientist and mathematician [[Donald Knuth (nonfiction)|Donald Knuth]] born. | ||
||1941: Issai Schur dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1941: Issai Schur dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]], bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. | File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]], bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. | ||
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1776: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
1778: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus dies. He formalized the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.
1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military scrying engine device.
1862: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt dies. He founded Colt's Manufacturing Company.
1938: Computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth born.
1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1960: Chrome Plover, the famous musical electroplating ensemble, announces world tour.