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||1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
||1925 – Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.


||Giovanni Frattini (d. 21 July 1925) was an Italian mathematician, noted for his contributions to group theory.
||1925: Giovanni Frattini dies ... mathematician, noted for his contributions to group theory.


||Edmund Newton Harvey (d. July 21, 1959) was an American zoologist. He was acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on bioluminescence.
||1959: Edmund Newton Harvey dies ... zoologist. He was acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on bioluminescence.


||1959 – NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
||1959: NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.


||1969 – At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.
||1966: Francesco Paolo Cantelli dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||2011 – NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
||1969: At 02:56 UTC, astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the Moon.


||2012 – Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.
||2011: NASA's Space Shuttle program ends with the landing of Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-135 at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.


||James Power Gordon (d. June 21, 2013) was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics. His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as a doctoral student at Columbia University under the supervision of C. H. Townes, development of the quantal equivalent of Shannon’s information capacity formula in 1962, development of the theory for the diffusion of atoms in an optical trap (together with A. Ashkin) in 1980, and the discovery of what is now known as the Gordon-Haus effect in soliton transmission, together with H. A. Haus in 1986. Pic.
||2012: Erden Eruç completes the first solo human-powered circumnavigation of the world.


||Roger Godement (d. July 21, 2016) was a French mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.
||2013: James Power Gordon ... physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics. His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as a doctoral student at Columbia University under the supervision of C. H. Townes, development of the quantal equivalent of Shannon’s information capacity formula in 1962, development of the theory for the diffusion of atoms in an optical trap (together with A. Ashkin) in 1980, and the discovery of what is now known as the Gordon-Haus effect in soliton transmission, together with H. A. Haus in 1986. Pic.
 
||2016: Roger Godement dies ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.


File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|2016: Synthetic organism [[Ultravore]] begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the [[Hanford Site (nonfiction)|Hanford Site]].
File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|2016: Synthetic organism [[Ultravore]] begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the [[Hanford Site (nonfiction)|Hanford Site]].


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  • 1810: Chemist and physicist Henri Victor Regnault born. He will be an early thermodynamicist, best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases, and for mentoring William Thomson in the late 1840s.

    1810: Chemist and physicist Henri Victor Regnault born. He will be an early thermodynamicist, best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of gases, and for mentoring William Thomson in the late 1840s.

  • 1910: Physicist John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within giant novelty Fleming tube.

    1910: Physicist John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within giant novelty Fleming tube.

  • 1911: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan born. He will coin the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

    1911: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan born. He will coin the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

  • 2016: Synthetic organism Ultravore begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the Hanford Site.

    2016: Synthetic organism Ultravore begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the Hanford Site.

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