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||1498: Andreas Osiander born ... Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer. In 1543, Osiander oversaw the publication of the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the celestial spheres) by Copernicus. He added a preface suggesting that the model described in the book was not necessarily true, or even probable, but was useful for computational purposes. This was certainly not the opinion of Copernicus, who was probably unaware of the addition. Pic. | ||1498: Andreas Osiander born ... Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer. In 1543, Osiander oversaw the publication of the book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the revolutions of the celestial spheres) by Copernicus. He added a preface suggesting that the model described in the book was not necessarily true, or even probable, but was useful for computational purposes. This was certainly not the opinion of Copernicus, who was probably unaware of the addition. Pic. | ||
File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century. | File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century. | ||
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||2013: Spacecraft ''Gaia'' is launched by European Space Agency. | ||2013: Spacecraft ''Gaia'' is launched by European Space Agency. | ||
File:The Woke and the Furious.jpg|link=The Woke and the Furious|2021: Premier of '''''[[The Woke and the Furious]]''''', a 2021 political action film about an undercover liberal who is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of insurrectionists led by Donald Trump. | File:The Woke and the Furious.jpg|link=The Woke and the Furious|2021: Premier of '''''[[The Woke and the Furious]]''''', a 2021 political action film about an undercover liberal who is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of insurrectionists led by Donald Trump. | ||
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1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. Hell will invent the Hellschreiber, a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's Wetterkartenschreiber ("weather chart recorder").
1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
2021: Premier of The Woke and the Furious, a 2021 political action film about an undercover liberal who is tasked with discovering the identities of a group of insurrectionists led by Donald Trump.