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||1861: Fridtjof Nansen born ... explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate ... Nansen Passport ... Pic. | ||1861: Fridtjof Nansen born ... explorer, scientist, and humanitarian, Nobel Prize laureate ... Nansen Passport ... Pic. | ||
File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1889: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. | File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1889: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century. | ||
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||1940: David Anthony Klarner born ... mathematician, author, and educator. He is known for his work in combinatorial enumeration, polyominoes, and box-packing. Pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thane/421802519 | ||1940: David Anthony Klarner born ... mathematician, author, and educator. He is known for his work in combinatorial enumeration, polyominoes, and box-packing. Pic: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thane/421802519 | ||
||1945: Joseph Darnand dies ... soldier in the French and later German militaries, a leader of the Vichy French collaborators with Nazi Germany and a Waffen-SS officer. Pic. | ||1945: Joseph Darnand dies ... soldier in the French and later German militaries, a leader of the Vichy French collaborators with Nazi Germany and a Waffen-SS officer. Pic. | ||
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||2015: Richard F. Heck dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. Pic. | ||2015: Richard F. Heck dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... noted for the discovery and development of the Heck reaction, which uses palladium to catalyze organic chemical reactions that couple aryl halides with alkenes. Pic. | ||
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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.
1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.
1889: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
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. The event was not an isolated incident; there had been a series of radioactive discharges from the piles in the years leading up to the accident.
1979: Psychologist, computer scientist, and author Christopher Evans dies.