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||1922 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875) | ||1922 – Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875) | ||
||Ralph Kronig (d. November 16, 1995) was a German American physicist. He is noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. | |||
||1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928) | ||1999 – Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1928) | ||
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1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.
1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.
1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.
1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.