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||1942: Patcha Ramachandra born ... metallurgist, educator and administrator. Pic.
||1942: Patcha Ramachandra Tao born ... metallurgist, educator and administrator. Pic.


||1943: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. Pic.
||1943: Wehrmacht officer Rudolf von Gersdorff plots to assassinate Adolf Hitler by using a suicide bomb, but the plan falls through; von Gersdorff is able to defuse the bomb in time and avoid suspicion. Pic.

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  • 1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

    1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

  • 1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

    1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

  • 1901: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla predicts that mathematician George David Birkhoff will be "one of the great crime fighters of his generation."

    1901: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla predicts that mathematician George David Birkhoff will be "one of the great crime fighters of his generation."

  • 1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

    1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

  • 1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

    1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

  • 1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

    1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

  • 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

    1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

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