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||1620: Jean Picard born ... priest and astronomer. Pic: sundial.
||1620: Jean Picard born ... priest and astronomer. Pic: sundial.
File:Giuseppe Piazzi.jpg|link=Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|1766: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer [[Giuseppe Piazzi (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Piazzi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to forecast the theoretical existence of the dwarf planet Ceres.
|File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1800: Engineer, inventor, and [[APTO]] agent [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] ... TO DO.


File:Henri Victor Regnault 1860s.jpg|link=Henri Victor Regnault (nonfiction)|1810: Chemist and physicist [[Henri Victor Regnault (nonfiction)|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.  
File:Henri Victor Regnault 1860s.jpg|link=Henri Victor Regnault (nonfiction)|1810: Chemist and physicist [[Henri Victor Regnault (nonfiction)|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.  
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||1907: John Henry Manley born ... physicist who worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley before becoming a group leader during the Manhattan Project. Pic.
||1907: John Henry Manley born ... physicist who worked with J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley before becoming a group leader during the Manhattan Project. Pic.
File:John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1910: Physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture from within giant novelty Fleming tube.


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".
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||2016: Roger Godement dies ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books. Pic.
||2016: Roger Godement dies ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books. Pic.
File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|2016: Synthetic organism [[Ultravore]] begins consuming radioactive chemical waste at the [[Hanford Site (nonfiction)|Hanford Site]].
File:Dragons_Fighting.jpg|link=Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|Dragons Fighting]]'' voted Pictire of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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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.

  • 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".

  • 1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 recovered after a 70-hour mission that included docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

    1966: Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 recovered after a 70-hour mission that included docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.

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