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||1901: René Dubos, French-American biologist and author (d. 1982)
||1901: René Dubos, French-American biologist and author (d. 1982)


||1901 – Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building (d. 1974)
||1901: Louis Kahn born ... architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building.


||1907 – Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
||1907: Henri Moissan dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1909 – Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
||1909: Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal ''Le Figaro''.


||Robert von Lieben (b. February 20, 1913) was a notable Austrian physicist. Pic.
||1913: Robert von Lieben born ... physicist. Pic.


||Gerson Goldhaber (b. February 20, 1924) was a German-born American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark. Pic.
||1924: Gerson Goldhaber born ... American particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark. Pic.


||1933 – Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
||1933: Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.


||1943 – American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
||1943: American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
 
||1944: George B. Purdy born ... mathematician and computer scientist who specialized in cryptography, combinatorial geometry and number theory.  Pic: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cincinnati/obituary.aspx?n=george-b-purdy&pid=187736433&fhid=27748


File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1947: Mathematician and military intelligence officer [[Janet Beta]] privately advises Eleanor Roosevelt that [[crimes against mathematical constants]] will only worsen under a military-industrial state of emergency.
File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1947: Mathematician and military intelligence officer [[Janet Beta]] privately advises Eleanor Roosevelt that [[crimes against mathematical constants]] will only worsen under a military-industrial state of emergency.


||1962 – Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
||1962: Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.


||1965 – Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
||1965: Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.


||1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
||1971: The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.


File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|link=Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|1972: Physicist and academic [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.
File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|link=Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|1972: Physicist and academic [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.
|File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|1973: [[John Brunner]] accuses [[Killer Poke]] of infecting [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" program]] with [[Extract of Radium]].


File:Mir.jpg|link=Mir (nonfiction)|1986: The Soviet Union launches its [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]]. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
File:Mir.jpg|link=Mir (nonfiction)|1986: The Soviet Union launches its [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]]. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
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File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|1986: New channel features [[Fantasy Voronoi diagrams]] based on the probability of the Soviet spacecraft [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]] contacting [[AESOP]] or other artificial intelligence.
File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|1986: New channel features [[Fantasy Voronoi diagrams]] based on the probability of the Soviet spacecraft [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]] contacting [[AESOP]] or other artificial intelligence.


||Takeo Yoshikawa (d. February 20, 1993) was a Japanese spy in Hawaii before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
||1993: Takeo Yoshikawa dies ... Japanese spy in Hawaii before the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
 
||2013 – Kenji Eno, Japanese game designer and composer (b. 1970)
 
||2013 – David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist (b. 1936)


||2014 – Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.
||2013: Kenji Eno dies ... game designer and composer.


|File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]].
||2013: David S. McKay dies ... biochemist and geologist.


|File:Pin Man.jpg|link=Pin Man|2016: Steganographic analysis of [[Pin Man]] illustration reveals "several hundred gigabytes of encrypted data related to the [[Carnevale Tenebre]] program."
||2014: Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kiev, many reportedly killed by snipers.


||2017 – Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist (b. 1930)
||2017: Mildred Dresselhaus dies ... physicist.


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  • 1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

    1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

  • 1772: Astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new set of star charts using Gnomon algorithm functions which give unprecedented accuracy in the measurement of crimes against astronomical constants.

    1772: Astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new set of star charts using Gnomon algorithm functions which give unprecedented accuracy in the measurement of crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

    1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

  • 1947: Mathematician and military intelligence officer Janet Beta privately advises Eleanor Roosevelt that crimes against mathematical constants will only worsen under a military-industrial state of emergency.

    1947: Mathematician and military intelligence officer Janet Beta privately advises Eleanor Roosevelt that crimes against mathematical constants will only worsen under a military-industrial state of emergency.

  • 1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

    1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

  • 1986: New channel features Fantasy Voronoi diagrams based on the probability of the Soviet spacecraft Mir spacecraft contacting AESOP or other artificial intelligence.

    1986: New channel features Fantasy Voronoi diagrams based on the probability of the Soviet spacecraft Mir spacecraft contacting AESOP or other artificial intelligence.

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