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||1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (d. 2012) | ||1922 – Frances Spence, American computer programmer (d. 2012) | ||
||Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (b. 2 March 1913), was a Russian physicist who is known for his discovery of the spontaneous fission and his contribution towards the physics of thermal reactions. | |||
||1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. | ||1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 26 December 2017
1791: Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore telegraph machine in Paris.
1911: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington builds new type of scrying engine which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.
1972: The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
2017: Famed gem detective Niles Cartouchian captures supervillain Fugitive Rubies.