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||1928: Edward Walter Maunder dies ... astronomer and author ... study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle that led to his identification of the period from 1645 to 1715 that is now known as the Maunder Minimum. Pic.
||1928: Edward Walter Maunder dies ... astronomer and author ... study of sunspots and the solar magnetic cycle that led to his identification of the period from 1645 to 1715 that is now known as the Maunder Minimum. Pic.


File:Charles Lindbergh.jpg|link=Charles Lindbergh|1928: [[Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|Charles Lindbergh]] is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
File:Charles Lindbergh.jpg|link=Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|1928: [[Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|Charles Lindbergh]] is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.


||1932: Walter Gilbert born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (alive August 2018).
||1932: Walter Gilbert born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (alive August 2018).

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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.

  • 1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 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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