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||1995: André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door. | ||1995: André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door. | ||
||1997: Isaiah Berlin dies ... social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas. He was an essayist, conversationalist, raconteur, and lecturer. | ||1997: Isaiah Berlin dies ... social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas. He was an essayist, conversationalist, raconteur, and lecturer. Pic. | ||
||2007: China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon. | ||2007: China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1, goes into orbit around the Moon. | ||
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File:MAVEN spacecraft.jpg|link=MAVEN (nonfiction)|2015: NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. | File:MAVEN spacecraft.jpg|link=MAVEN (nonfiction)|2015: NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. | ||
||2015: George Barris dies ... engineer and car designer. | ||2015: George Barris dies ... engineer and car designer. Pic. | ||
File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. | File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. |
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1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.
1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.
1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.
1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.
2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.
2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.
2018: Creature 3 sells for an undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.