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||1903: Marcus Morton Rhoades born ... cytogeneticist. His research on maize led to important discoveries for basic genetics and the applied science of plant breeding. He was one of the first cytogenecists to document the pre-meiotic pairing of homologous chromosomes in maize, otherwise referred as somatic pairing (Singh, 2003), and the first to document an instance of meiotic drive, a Mendelian inheritance caused by preferential segregation of certain versions of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Rhoades' also pioneered work in nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions.  Pic: https://www.nap.edu/read/5859/chapter/18
||1903: Marcus Morton Rhoades born ... cytogeneticist. His research on maize led to important discoveries for basic genetics and the applied science of plant breeding. He was one of the first cytogenecists to document the pre-meiotic pairing of homologous chromosomes in maize, otherwise referred as somatic pairing (Singh, 2003), and the first to document an instance of meiotic drive, a Mendelian inheritance caused by preferential segregation of certain versions of homologous chromosomes during meiosis. Rhoades' also pioneered work in nuclear-cytoplasmic interactions.  Pic: https://www.nap.edu/read/5859/chapter/18


||1909: Jerzy Witold Różycki born ... mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Pic.
Jerzy_Rozycki.jpg|link=Jerzy Różycki|1909: Mathematician and cryptologist [[Jerzy Różycki (nonfiction)|Jerzy Różycki]] born. Różycki will work at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.


||1913: Britton Chance born ... biologist and sailor. Pic.
||1913: Britton Chance born ... biologist and sailor. Pic.

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  • 1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

    1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

  • 1820: Physician and APTO field surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve outcomes in battlefield medicine and triage by up to five percent per kilobyte.

    1820: Physician and APTO field surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve outcomes in battlefield medicine and triage by up to five percent per kilobyte.

  • 1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

    1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

  • 1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

    1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

  • 1909: Mathematician and cryptologist Jerzy Różycki born. Różycki will work at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.

    1909: Mathematician and cryptologist Jerzy Różycki born. Różycki will work at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II.

  • 1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

    1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

  • 1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

    1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

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