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File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|986: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] dies.
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File:Antonio Manetti.jpg|link=Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|1488: Mathematician, architect, and [[APTO]] theological liason [[Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|Antonio Manetti]] publishes new study of Dante's ''Inferno'' which anticipates later developments in [[high-energy literature]].


File:Reinerus Frisius Gemma, by Maarten van Heemskerck.jpg|link=Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer [[Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|Gemma Frisius]] dies.  He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.
File:Reinerus Frisius Gemma, by Maarten van Heemskerck.jpg|link=Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer [[Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|Gemma Frisius]] dies.  He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.
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||1866: Nikolai Brashman dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1866: Nikolai Brashman dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||1873: Michele Angelo Besso born ... engineer. Besso was a close friend of Albert Einstein. who called Besso "the best sounding board in Europe" for scientific ideas. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=michele+angelo+besso
||1873: Michele Angelo Besso born ... engineer. Besso was a close friend of Albert Einstein. who called Besso "the best sounding board in Europe" for scientific ideas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michele_Besso


||1878: Andreas Freiherr von Ettingshausen dies ... mathematician and physicist. Pic.
||1878: Andreas Freiherr von Ettingshausen dies ... mathematician and physicist. Pic.
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  • 986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

    986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

  • 1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

    1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

  • 1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

    1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

  • 1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

    1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

  • 1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

    1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

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