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File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1911: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] born. He will coin the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". | File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1911: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] born. He will coin the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village". | ||
||1913: Archimedes Patti born ... was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and former Office of Strategic Services officer who headed operations in Kunming and Hanoi in 1945. Patti is known for having worked closely with the Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnamese independence movement and future president of North Vietnam. Pic search | ||1913: Archimedes Patti born ... was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and former Office of Strategic Services officer who headed operations in Kunming and Hanoi in 1945. Patti is known for having worked closely with the Viet Minh and Ho Chi Minh, leader of the Vietnamese independence movement and future president of North Vietnam. Pic search. | ||
||1919: The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people. | ||1919: The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people. | ||
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||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. | ||
File:Gemini-10 Agena firing.jpg|link=Gemini 10 (nonfiction)|1966: Human spaceflight: [[Gemini 10 (nonfiction)|Gemini 10]] recovered after a 70-hour mission that included docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle. | |||
||1966: Francesco Paolo Cantelli dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1966: Francesco Paolo Cantelli dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1966: Philipp Frank dies ... physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. He was a logical-positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. Pic search | ||1966: Philipp Frank dies ... physicist, mathematician, and philosopher. He was a logical-positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. Pic search. | ||
||1967: Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov born. He will be assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. Pic. | ||1967: Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov born. He will be assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces. Pic. | ||
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1766: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to forecast the theoretical existence of the dwarf planet Ceres.
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.
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".
1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 recovered after a 70-hour mission that included docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
2016: Synthetic organism Ultravore begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the Hanford Site.
2018: Dragons Fighting voted Pictire of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.