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||1911 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
||1911 – Klara Dan von Neumann, Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
File:Venera 7.jpg|link=Venera 7 (nonfiction)|1971: Soviet spacecraft [[Venera 7 (nonfiction)|Venera 7]] allegedly discovers secret [[math lab]] on the planet Venus.


||2001 – David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931) - DDT, thinning eggshells
||2001 – David Peakall, English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931) - DDT, thinning eggshells


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  • 1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. He was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

    1634: Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France. He was the victim of a politically motivated persecution led by the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.

  • 1877: Mechanical soldier Clock Head advises Judge Havelock to drink less Extract of Radium, less often.

    1877: Mechanical soldier Clock Head advises Judge Havelock to drink less Extract of Radium, less often.

  • 1910: Mathematician Pál Turán born. He will work primarily in number theory, but also contribute to analysis and graph theory.

    1910: Mathematician Pál Turán born. He will work primarily in number theory, but also contribute to analysis and graph theory.

  • 1971: Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 allegedly discovers secret math lab on the planet Venus.

    1971: Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 allegedly discovers secret math lab on the planet Venus.

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