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||1974: Carl B. Allendoerfer dies ... mathematician in the mid-twentieth century, known for his work in topology and mathematics education. Pic. | ||1974: Carl B. Allendoerfer dies ... mathematician in the mid-twentieth century, known for his work in topology and mathematics education. Pic. | ||
||Beniamin Markarian | ||1983: R. G. D. Allen born ... economist, mathematician, and statistician. Pic. | ||
||1985: Beniamin Markarian dies ... astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain (of galaxies) was named after him when he discovered that this string of galaxies moves with a common motion. Pic. | |||
||1988: Charles Addams dies ... cartoonist. Pic. | ||1988: Charles Addams dies ... cartoonist. Pic. | ||
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1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Engel dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.
1901: Physicist Enrico Fermi born. He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".
1957: Industrialist and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung authorizes the Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).
1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction).
1957: Investor and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde tell resporters that he "had nothing to do with the Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)."
2015: Two Creatures 3 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.