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File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations. | File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations. | ||
||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology." | ||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology." | ||
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||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search. | ||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search. | ||
||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search. | ||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search. | ||
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File:Dr Robber.jpg|link=Dr. Robber|1966: The Beatles release '''[[Dr. Robber]]'''. | File:Dr Robber.jpg|link=Dr. Robber|1966: The Beatles release '''[[Dr. Robber]]'''. | ||
||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed. | ||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed. | ||
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||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic. | ||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic. | ||
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1204: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.
1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
1921: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.
1966: The Beatles release Dr. Robber.