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||1836: Norman Lockyer born ... scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature. Pic. | ||1836: Norman Lockyer born ... scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature. Pic. | ||
||1836: Wilhelm Steinitz born ... chess player. | ||1836: Wilhelm Steinitz born ... chess player. Pic. | ||
File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1854: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to prevent outbreak of [[Kingpin inclination]]. | File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1854: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to prevent outbreak of [[Kingpin inclination]]. | ||
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1765: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut dies. His work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1854: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent outbreak of Kingpin inclination.
1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
2001: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions dies. He made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2019: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.