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File:Sunspots.jpg|link=Sunspot (nonfiction)|28 BC: A [[Sunspot (nonfiction)|sunspot]] is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
File:Sunspots.jpg|link=Sunspot (nonfiction)|28 BC: A [[Sunspot (nonfiction)|sunspot]] is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.


||1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
File:Toscanelli.jpg|link=Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (nonfiction)|1482: Mathematician and astronomer [[Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (nonfiction)|Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli]] dies. Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and cultural history of Renaissance Florence in its early years.


||1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (b. 1501)
File:Thomas Young.jpg|link=Thomas Young (nonfiction)|1829:  Polymath and physician [[Thomas Young (nonfiction)|Thomas Young]] dies. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.


||1787 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
File:Cecilia Helena Payne-Gaposchkin.jpg|link=Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (nonfiction)|1900: Astronomer and astrophysicist [[Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (nonfiction)|Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin]] born. Her doctoral thesis will establish that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.


||1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
File:The_Eel_v_Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|The Eel challenges aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter to single combat]], providing a distraction which enables the USS Triton to escape Slaughter's deadly mutant Cuttle-Net.
 
||Paolo Ruffini (d. 1822) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher.
 
||Thomas Young (d. 10 May 1829) was an English polymath and physician. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Young_(scientist)
 
||Diederik Johannes Korteweg (d. 10 May 1941) was a Dutch mathematician. He is now best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation, together with Gustav de Vries.
 
||1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
 
||1849 – Astor Place Riot: A riot breaks out at the Astor Opera House in Manhattan, New York City over a dispute between actors Edwin Forrest and William Charles Macready, killing at least 25 and injuring over 120.
 
||Charles Adolphe Wurtz (d. 10 May 1884) was an Alsatian French chemist. He is best remembered for his decades-long advocacy for the atomic theory and for ideas about the structures of chemical compounds
 
||1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
 
||John Desmond Bernal FRS (/bərˈnɑːl/; 10 May 1901 – 15 September 1971) was a scientist who pioneered the use of X-ray crystallography in molecular biology. He published extensively on the history of science. In addition, Bernal was a political supporter of Communism and wrote popular books on science and society.
 
File:Abe Reles corpse.png|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1906: New York mobster and hit man [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] born.
 
||1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
 
||1924 – J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
 
||1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013)
 
||1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.
 
||1941 – World War II: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland to try to negotiate a peace deal between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany.
 
||1946 – First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
 
||Hassler Whitney (d. May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory.
 
File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1958: [[Chrome Plover]], the famed [[musical electroplating ensemble]], perform new work in tribute to [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" programs]].


File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.


File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1967: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series admits to illegal modification of [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]].
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||1992 – K. G. Ramanathan, Indian mathematician (b. 1920)
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||2002 – FBI agent Robert Hanssen is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for selling United States secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds.
 
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  • 28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

    28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

  • 1482: Mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli dies. Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and cultural history of Renaissance Florence in its early years.

    1482: Mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli dies. Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and cultural history of Renaissance Florence in its early years.

  • 1829: Polymath and physician Thomas Young dies. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

    1829: Polymath and physician Thomas Young dies. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

  • 1900: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin born. Her doctoral thesis will establish that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.

    1900: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin born. Her doctoral thesis will establish that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.

  • 1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel challenges aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter to single combat, providing a distraction which enables the USS Triton to escape Slaughter's deadly mutant Cuttle-Net.

    1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel challenges aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter to single combat, providing a distraction which enables the USS Triton to escape Slaughter's deadly mutant Cuttle-Net.

  • 1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

    1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

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