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||1961: Edgar Krahn dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1961: Edgar Krahn dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||1967: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
||1964: Julius Bartels dies ... geophysicist and statistician who made notable contributions to the physics of the Sun and Moon; to geomagnetism and meteorology; and to the physics of the ionosphere. He also made fundamental contributions to statistical methods for geophysics. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Julius+Bartels
 
||1967: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. Pic.


||1969: Ivan Emanuel Wallin dies ... biologist who made the first experimental works on endosymbiotic theory. Nicknamed the "Mitochondria Man". https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Emanuel+Wallin
||1969: Ivan Emanuel Wallin dies ... biologist who made the first experimental works on endosymbiotic theory. Nicknamed the "Mitochondria Man". https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Emanuel+Wallin

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  • 1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

    1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

  • 1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.

    1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.

  • 1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.

    1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.

  • 1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.

    1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.

  • 1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.

    1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.

  • 1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.

    1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.

  • 1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.

    1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.

  • 2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.

    2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.

  • 2015: The Dawn space probe, having left Vesta, enters Ceres' orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2015: The Dawn space probe, having left Vesta, enters Ceres' orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

  • 2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."

    2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in routine high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops spontaneous artificial intelligence.

    2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in routine high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops spontaneous artificial intelligence.

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