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||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. Pic search.
||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. Pic search.
||Ixtoc I oil spill: Ixtoc I was an exploratory oil well being drilled by the semi-submersible drilling rig Sedco 135 in the Bay of Campeche of the Gulf of Mexico, about 100 km (62 mi) northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche in waters 50 m (164 ft) deep. On 3 June 1979, the well suffered a blowout resulting in one of the largest oil spills in history.


||1985: Charles Herbert Colvin dies ... engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company. Pic search.
||1985: Charles Herbert Colvin dies ... engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company. Pic search.

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  • 1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

    1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.

  • 1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."

    1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."

  • 1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

    1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.

  • 1901: Physicist, chemist, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Marie Curie publishes evidence that Extract of Radium is a parasitic transdimensional drug.

    1901: Physicist, chemist, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Marie Curie publishes evidence that Extract of Radium is a parasitic transdimensional drug.

  • 1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.

    1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.

  • 1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

    1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.

  • 1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

    2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of green.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of green.

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