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||1915: The destruction of German Zeppelin LZ37 by Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford. Pic (very stirring!): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Aerial_Exploit_of_Lieut_Warneford.jpg | ||1915: The destruction of German Zeppelin LZ37 by Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Warneford. Pic (very stirring!): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Great_Aerial_Exploit_of_Lieut_Warneford.jpg | ||
||1917: First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history. | ||1917: First World War: The British Army detonated 19 ammonal mines under the German lines, killing 10,000 in the deadliest non-nuclear man-made explosion in history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mines_in_the_Battle_of_Messines_(1917) Pic: map. | ||
||1924: Donald Watts Davies born ... computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In 1965 he developed the concept of packet switching in computer networking, and implemented it in the NPL network. Pic. | ||1924: Donald Watts Davies born ... computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In 1965 he developed the concept of packet switching in computer networking, and implemented it in the NPL network. Pic. | ||
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1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.
1884: Signed first edition of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess sells for eighty thousand dollars.
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1910: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield born. He will work on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provides the burst of neutrons that kick-starts the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.
1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.
1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
1961: Brainiac Explains magazine published detailed plans for simulating the BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
2017: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
