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File:David Gregory.jpg|link=David Gregory (nonfiction)|1708: Mathematician and astronomer [[David Gregory (nonfiction)|David Gregory]] dies. At the Union of 1707, he was given the responsibility of reorganizing the Scottish Mint.
File:David Gregory.jpg|link=David Gregory (nonfiction)|1708: Mathematician and astronomer [[David Gregory (nonfiction)|David Gregory]] dies. At the Union of 1707, he was given the responsibility of reorganizing the Scottish Mint.
File:Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit.jpg|link=Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (nonfiction)|1730: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (nonfiction)|Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]] uses precision thermometry to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Henry Cavendish.jpg|link=Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher [[Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|Henry Cavendish]] born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.  
File:Henry Cavendish.jpg|link=Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher [[Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|Henry Cavendish]] born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.  
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||1949: Chikuhei Nakajima dies ... engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company. Pic.
||1949: Chikuhei Nakajima dies ... engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company. Pic.


||1957: Windscale fire nuclear accident: ... took place in Unit 1 of the two-pile Windscale facility on the northwest coast of England in Cumberland (now Sellafield, Cumbria). The two graphite-moderated reactors, referred to at the time as "piles", had been built as part of the British post-war atomic bomb project. The fire burned for three days and there was a release of radioactive contamination that spread across the UK and Europe. Pic.
Windscale fire|link=Windscale fire (nonfiction)|1957: [[Windscale fire (nonfiction)|Windscale fire nuclear accident]]: The fire burned for three days and there was a release of radioactive contamination that spread across the UK and Europe.


|File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1959: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], announces new tour.
|File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1959: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], announces new tour.

Revision as of 12:03, 10 October 2020

  • 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.

  • 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: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule uses the nature of heat, and its relationship to mechanical work, to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1888: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule uses the nature of heat, and its relationship to mechanical work, to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 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.

  • Windscale fire

    1957: Windscale fire nuclear accident: The fire burned for three days and there was a release of radioactive contamination that spread across the UK and Europe.

  • 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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