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File:Plumbbob Rainier dust.jpg|link=Plumbbob Rainier (nonfiction)|1957: The US military detonates the [[Plumbbob Rainier (nonfiction)|Plumbbob Rainier]] nuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site. Plumbbob Rainier is the first American underground nuclear bomb test. | File:Plumbbob Rainier dust.jpg|link=Plumbbob Rainier (nonfiction)|1957: The US military detonates the [[Plumbbob Rainier (nonfiction)|Plumbbob Rainier]] nuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site. Plumbbob Rainier is the first American underground nuclear bomb test. | ||
||1963: Caroonist David Low dies ... political cartoonist and caricaturist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom for many years. Low was a self-taught cartoonist. Born in New Zealand, he worked in his native country before migrating to Sydney in 1911, and ultimately to London (1919), where he made his career and earned fame for his Colonel Blimp depictions and his merciless satirising of the personalities and policies of German dictator Adolf Hitler, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, and other leaders of his times. Pic. | |||
||1968: Chester Carlson dies ... physicist and lawyer. | ||1968: Chester Carlson dies ... physicist and lawyer. | ||
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||2010:: Joseph Kruskal dies ... mathematician and computer scientist. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Joseph-Kruskal | ||2010:: Joseph Kruskal dies ... mathematician and computer scientist. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Joseph-Kruskal | ||
||2013: Mary Jean Harrold dies ... computer scientist and academic. Pic search | ||2013: Mary Jean Harrold dies ... computer scientist and academic. Pic search. | ||
File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' credits scientist and engineer [[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (nonfiction)|Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]] for "inspiring generations of astronauts." | File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' credits scientist and engineer [[Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (nonfiction)|Konstantin Tsiolkovsky]] for "inspiring generations of astronauts." |
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1257: First known use of Yui's triangle to compute Gnomon algorithm functions.
1648: Blaise Pascal performs experiments to confirm the theory of atmospheric pressure and the existence of a vacuum.
1710: Astronomer and instrument maker Ole Rømer dies. He made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
1749: Mathematician and astronomer Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre born. He will be one of the first astronomers to derive astronomical equations from analytical formulas.
1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek dies. He invented the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.
1811: Mathematician and religious leader Orson Pratt born. As part of his system of Mormon theology, Pratt will embrace the philosophical doctrine of hylozoism.
1845: Famed gem detective and diplomat Niles Cartouchian foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.
1894: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano writes to Felix Klein, "The purpose of mathematical logic is to analyze the ideas and reasoning that especially figure in the mathematical sciences."
1921: Chemist and physicist James Dewar develops liquid gas condensor for use in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.
1922: "Fightin'" Bert Russell defeats Joseph Stalin in three-round bare-knuckle boxing match.
1935: Scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky dies. He was one of the founding fathers of modern rocketry and astronautics.
1957: The US military detonates the Plumbbob Rainier nuclear weapon at the Nevada Test Site. Plumbbob Rainier is the first American underground nuclear bomb test.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars credits scientist and engineer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky for "inspiring generations of astronauts."
2017: Steganographic analysis of Stardust reveals bootleg copy of Monkey's Jealous Ire by LEO Spacewagon.