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||1945: Thomas Hunt Morgan dies ... evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity. Pic. | ||1945: Thomas Hunt Morgan dies ... evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role that the chromosome plays in heredity. Pic. | ||
||1948: Frank Benford dies ... physicist and engineer. | ||1948: Frank Benford dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+Benford&oq=Frank+Benford | ||
||1969: Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. | ||1969: Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. | ||
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1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.
1681: Mathematician and APTO field agent Seki Takakazu publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.
1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
1942: Mathematician and crime-fighter Nathan Jacobson uses structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
2005: Chemist, composer, and criminal investigator George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
2016: London Has Swollen wins Sundance Film Festival award.