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File:Asking for a Friend.jpg|link=Asking for a Friend|1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "'''[[Asking for a Friend]]'''".
File:Asking for a Friend.jpg|link=Asking for a Friend|1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "'''[[Asking for a Friend]]'''".
File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|1982: [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] commentators say that the upcoming [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust]] mission "is certain to return interesting samples of dust from the coma of comet Wild 2."


||1992: Walker Bleakney dies ... physicist, one of inventors of mass spectrometers, and widely noted for his research in the fields of atomic physics, molecular physics, fluid dynamics,the ionization of gases, and blast waves. Pic.
||1992: Walker Bleakney dies ... physicist, one of inventors of mass spectrometers, and widely noted for his research in the fields of atomic physics, molecular physics, fluid dynamics,the ionization of gases, and blast waves. Pic.

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  • 1450: Polymath, cartographer, globe-builder, and crime-fighter Johannes Schöner demonstrates new type of globe which uses scrying engine techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.

    1450: Polymath, cartographer, globe-builder, and crime-fighter Johannes Schöner demonstrates new type of globe which uses scrying engine techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.

  • 1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

    1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

  • 1818: A paper by British physicist David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals.

    1818: A paper by British physicist David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals.

  • 1850: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya born. Kovalevskaya will contribute to analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics.

    1850: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya born. Kovalevskaya will contribute to analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics.

  • 1896: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady dies. He was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

    1896: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady dies. He was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

  • 1905: Physicist and academic John D. Strong born. Strong will contribute to optical physics: he will be the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he will develop optical devices and materials including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings.

    1905: Physicist and academic John D. Strong born. Strong will contribute to optical physics: he will be the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he will develop optical devices and materials including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings.

  • 1908: Theoretical physicist and academic Edward Teller born. He will be known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he will not care for the epithet.

    1908: Theoretical physicist and academic Edward Teller born. He will be known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he will not care for the epithet.

  • 1945: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger dies. He contributed to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

    1945: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger dies. He contributed to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

  • 1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "Asking for a Friend".

    1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "Asking for a Friend".

  • 2003: Chromatographic analysis of the famous Superimposed Fraunhofer misprint stamps reveals "at least fifty, perhaps as many as sixty" previously unknown colors.

    2003: Chromatographic analysis of the famous Superimposed Fraunhofer misprint stamps reveals "at least fifty, perhaps as many as sixty" previously unknown colors.

  • 2006: A capsule of dust samples collected by the spacecraft Stardust returns to Earth.

    2006: A capsule of dust samples collected by the spacecraft Stardust returns to Earth.

  • 2019: Phaeton 9 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2019: Phaeton 9 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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