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||1942: Struma disaster: the sinking of MV ''Struma'', that had been trying to take nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to Mandatory Palestine. Pic.
||1942: Struma disaster: the sinking of MV ''Struma'', that had been trying to take nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Axis-allied Romania to Mandatory Palestine. Pic.
File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1961: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques which use hydrogen isotopes to diagnose and remediate [[crimes against chemical constants]].
File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1967: Mathematician and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1968: Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
||1968: Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
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||2007: Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
||2007: Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
File:Eye Foot.jpg|link=Eye Foot (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Eye Foot (nonfiction)|Eye Foot]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known [[APTO]] Artist-Engineer from [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]" in a charity auction to benefit victims of [[Crimes against chemical constants|crimes against biochemical constants]].


File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA_(1966).jpg|link=Katherine Johnson (nonfiction)|2020: Physicist and mathematician [[Katherine Johnson (nonfiction)|Katherine Johnson]] dies.  Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.
File:Katherine_Johnson_at_NASA_(1966).jpg|link=Katherine Johnson (nonfiction)|2020: Physicist and mathematician [[Katherine Johnson (nonfiction)|Katherine Johnson]] dies.  Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.


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  • 1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. Weyer criticized the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he declared that not only were examples of magic largely incredible, but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance.

    1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. Weyer criticized the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he declared that not only were examples of magic largely incredible, but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance.

  • 1755: Artist and social critic William Hogarth’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.

    1755: Artist and social critic William Hogarth’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.

  • 1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

    1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

  • 1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

    1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

  • 2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

    2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

  • 2020: Physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson dies. Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.

    2020: Physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson dies. Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.

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