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1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
1939: Mathematician and inventor Alice Beta warns President Roosevelt that the Manhattan Project will have disastrous side-effects, including a wave of crimes against mathematical constants.
1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.
1964: Physicist and crime-fighter Nikolay Basov uses quantum electronics modulator to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

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 ||1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
+||Sir Edward Wilfred Harry Travis (d. 23 April 1956) was a British cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ. Pic.
 ||1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.