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||1988: Herbert Lawrence Anderson dies ... nuclear physicist who contributed to the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the team which made the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States, in the basement of Pupin Hall at Columbia University. He participated in the first atomic bomb test, codenamed Trinity. Pic.
||1988: Herbert Lawrence Anderson dies ... nuclear physicist who contributed to the Manhattan Project. He was also a member of the team which made the first demonstration of nuclear fission in the United States, in the basement of Pupin Hall at Columbia University. He participated in the first atomic bomb test, codenamed Trinity. Pic.


||1994: Julian Seymour Schwinger dies ... theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), in particular for developing a relativistically invariant perturbation theory, and for renormalizing QED to one loop order.  
||1994: Julian Schwinger dies ... theoretical physicist. He is best known for his work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), in particular for developing a relativistically invariant perturbation theory, and for renormalizing QED to one loop order. Pic.


||2002: John Cocke dies ... computer scientist and engineer.
||2002: John Cocke dies ... computer scientist and engineer.

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  • 1530: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler meets a man he calls "The Judge", who calls himself Havelock.

    1530: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler meets a man he calls "The Judge", who calls himself Havelock.

  • 1746: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi born. He will discover dwarf planet Ceres.

    1746: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi born. He will discover dwarf planet Ceres.

  • 1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

    1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

  • 1945: Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

    1945: Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

  • 1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says the Manhattan Project is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."

    1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says the Manhattan Project is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

  • 2011: The Dawn space probe enters Vesta's orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2011: The Dawn space probe enters Vesta's orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

  • 2016: Red Spiral 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Red Spiral 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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