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||1819: Elias Howe born ... inventor, invented the sewing machine. Pic. | ||1819: Elias Howe born ... inventor, invented the sewing machine. Pic. | ||
File:Paul Broca.jpg|link=Paul Broca (nonfiction)|1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist [[Paul Broca (nonfiction)|Paul Broca]] born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function. | File:Paul Broca.jpg|link=Paul Broca (nonfiction)|1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist [[Paul Broca (nonfiction)|Paul Broca]] born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function. | ||
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||1929: Elon Lages Lima born ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil. Pic. | ||1929: Elon Lages Lima born ... mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil. Pic. | ||
|File:Auguste Piccard.jpg|link=Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|1932: Physicist and explorer [[Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|Auguste Piccard]] makes record-breaking hot air balloon flight. ??? | |File:Auguste Piccard.jpg|link=Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|1932: Physicist and explorer [[Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|Auguste Piccard]] makes record-breaking hot air balloon flight. ??? | ||
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||2009: Michel André dies ... mathematician, specializing in non-commutative algebra and its applications to topology. He is known for André–Quillen cohomology. Pic search. | ||2009: Michel André dies ... mathematician, specializing in non-commutative algebra and its applications to topology. He is known for André–Quillen cohomology. Pic search. | ||
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1774: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini dies. Her collection of wax models gained fame throughout Europe as Supellex Manzoliniana; it was sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.
1911: Theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler born. He will link the term "black hole" to objects with gravitational collapse, and coin the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit".
1918: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn born. He will make contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.
1996: Physicist Edward P. Ney dies. Ney made major contributions to cosmic ray research, atmospheric physics, heliophysics, and infrared astronomy, discovering cosmic ray heavy nuclei and solar proton events. He pioneered the use of high altitude balloons for scientific investigations, and was one of the first researchers to put experiments aboard spacecraft.