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||1809: Inventor Mary Kies born ... she wil. be the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. No DOD. Pic search.


||1762: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille dies ... priest, astronomer, and academic. He named 15 out of the 88 constellations. Pic.
||1762: Nicolas Louis de Lacaille dies ... priest, astronomer, and academic. He named 15 out of the 88 constellations. Pic.
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||1806: Cosimo Alessandro Collini dies ... historian and Voltaire's secretary from 1752 to 1756. Pic.
||1806: Cosimo Alessandro Collini dies ... historian and Voltaire's secretary from 1752 to 1756. Pic.
||1809: Inventor Mary Kies born ... she will be the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. No DOD. Pic search.


||1864: Luke Howard dies ... chemist and meteorologist. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Pic.
||1864: Luke Howard dies ... chemist and meteorologist. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Pic.
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||1892: Annibale de Gasparis dies ... astronomer, discovered asteroids. Pic.
||1892: Annibale de Gasparis dies ... astronomer, discovered asteroids. Pic.


||1894: Rudolf Nebel born ... spaceflight advocate active in Germany's amateur rocket group, the ''Verein für Raumschiffahrt'' (VfR – "Spaceflight Society") in the 1930s and in rebuilding German rocketry following World War II. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=rudolf+nebel
||1894: Rudolf Nebel born ... spaceflight advocate active in Germany's amateur rocket group, the ''Verein für Raumschiffahrt'' (VfR – "Spaceflight Society") in the 1930s and in rebuilding German rocketry following World War II. Pic search.


||1896: Friedrich Waismann born ... mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=friedrich+waismann
||1896: Friedrich Waismann born ... mathematician, physicist, and philosopher from the Vienna Circle. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=friedrich+waismann
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||1923: Nizar Qabbani born ... poet, publisher, and diplomat. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet. Pic.
||1923: Nizar Qabbani born ... poet, publisher, and diplomat. His poetic style combines simplicity and elegance in exploring themes of love, eroticism, feminism, religion, and Arab nationalism. Qabbani is one of the most revered contemporary poets in the Arab world, and is considered to be Syria's National Poet. Pic.


File:Harry Lehmann.jpg|link=Harry Lehmann (nonfiction)|1924: Physicist [[Harry Lehmann (nonfiction)|Harry Lehmann]] born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.
File:Harry Lehmann.jpg|link=Harry Lehmann (nonfiction)|1924: Physicist [[Harry Lehmann (nonfiction)|Harry Lehmann]] born. Lehmann will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.


||1925: The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
||1925: The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
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||2002: Eugene George Rochow dies ... inorganic chemist. Rochow worked on organosilicon chemistry; in the 1940s, he described the direct process, also known as the Rochow process or Müller-Rochow process. Pic.
||2002: Eugene George Rochow dies ... inorganic chemist. Rochow worked on organosilicon chemistry; in the 1940s, he described the direct process, also known as the Rochow process or Müller-Rochow process. Pic.


||2009: Thierry Aubin dies ... mathematician who worked at the Centre de Mathématiques de Jussieu, and was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations. Pic.
File:Thierry_Aubin_(1976).jpg|link=Thierry Aubin (nonfiction)|2009: Mathematician [[Thierry Aubin (nonfiction)|Thierry Aubin]] dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.


||2012: Yuri Razuvaev dies ... chess player and trainer. Pic (chess!).
||2012: Yuri Razuvaev dies ... chess player and trainer. Pic (chess!).


||2015: Hans Erni dies ... painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Erni is known for having illustrated postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his participation on the Olympic Committee as well as his activism. Pic.
||2015: Hans Erni dies ... painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Erni is known for WW2 camouflage, illustrating postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his participation on the Olympic Committee as well as his activism. Pic.


File:Green Ring 2.png|link=Green Ring 2 (nonfiction)|2016: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Green Ring 2 (nonfiction)|Green Ring 2]]'' reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color [[Green (nonfiction)|green]].
File:Green Ring 2.png|link=Green Ring 2 (nonfiction)|2016: Chromatographic analysis of ''[[Green Ring 2 (nonfiction)|Green Ring 2]]'' reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color [[Green (nonfiction)|green]].


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

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

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

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

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

    1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. Lehmann 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.

  • 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.

  • 2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

    2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

  • 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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