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||1945: Fritz Klingenberg killed by tank shellfire during firefight ... German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade with just 6 men, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pic.
||1945: Fritz Klingenberg killed by tank shellfire during firefight ... German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade with just 6 men, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pic.
File:Middle-earth Farm.jpg|link=Middle-earth Farm|1945: First publication of '''''[[Middle-earth Farm]]''''', an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.


||1946: Gilbert N. Lewis dies ... physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding. Pic.
||1946: Gilbert N. Lewis dies ... physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding. Pic.

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  • 1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.

    1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.

  • 1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

    1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

  • 1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

    1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

  • 1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

    1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

  • 1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.

    1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.

  • 2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.

    2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.

  • 2011: Jean Bartik dies. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.

    2011: Jean Bartik dies. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.

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