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File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1943: Mathematician and soldier [[Janet Beta]] accepts commission with secret military-intelligence program [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]].
File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1943: Mathematician and soldier [[Janet Beta]] accepts commission with secret military-intelligence program [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]].
||1945: Joseph Darnand dies ... soldier in the French and later German militaries, a leader of the Vichy French collaborators with Nazi Germany and a Waffen-SS officer. Pic.
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||1945: Yuri Razuvaev born ... chess player and trainer. Pic (chess!).
||1945: Yuri Razuvaev born ... chess player and trainer. Pic (chess!).

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  • 1641: Torricelli arrives in Arcetri to study with Galileo. ".. postpone his arrival at Arcetri until 10 October 1641. He took up residence in Galileo’s house, where Vincenzo Viviani was already living, and stayed there in close friendship with Galileo until the latter’s death on 8 January 1642.

    1641: Torricelli arrives in Arcetri to study with Galileo. ".. postpone his arrival at Arcetri until 10 October 1641. He took up residence in Galileo’s house, where Vincenzo Viviani was already living, and stayed there in close friendship with Galileo until the latter’s death on 8 January 1642.

  • 1708: Mathematician and astronomer David Gregory dies. At the Union of 1707, he was given the responsibility of reorganizing the Scottish Mint.

    1708: Mathematician and astronomer David Gregory dies. At the Union of 1707, he was given the responsibility of reorganizing the Scottish Mint.

  • 1730: Physicist and crime-fighter Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit uses precision thermometry to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1730: Physicist and crime-fighter Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit uses precision thermometry to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

    1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

  • 1888: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

    1888: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

  • 1889: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

    1889: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

  • 1943: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta accepts commission with secret military-intelligence program ENIAC.

    1943: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta accepts commission with secret military-intelligence program ENIAC.

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  • 2016: Crimson Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Crimson Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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