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File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] dies. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] dies. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
|File:Gravity Probe A.jpg|link=Gravity Probe A (nonfiction)|1976: [[Gravity Probe A (nonfiction)|Gravity Probe A]] (GP-A) launched ... a space-based experiment to test the equivalence principle, a feature of Einstein's theory of relativity. It was performed jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The experiment sent a hydrogen maser, a highly accurate frequency standard, into space to measure with high precision the rate at which time passes in a weaker gravitational field. Pic uploaded.


||1977: Georgi Delchev Bradistilov dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1977: Georgi Delchev Bradistilov dies ... mathematician. Pic.

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  • 1178: Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.

    1178: Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.

  • 1563: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1563: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).

    1928: Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).

  • 1974: Mathematician and academic Júlio César de Mello e Souza dies. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.

    1974: Mathematician and academic Júlio César de Mello e Souza dies. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.

  • 2017: Culvert Origenes and The Governess wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Historical Illustration.

    2017: Culvert Origenes and The Governess wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Historical Illustration.

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