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||2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
||2002 – Ward Kimball, American animator and trombonist (b. 1914)
||Sixto Ríos García (d. July 8, 2008), was a Spanish mathematician, known as the father of Spanish statistics.


||2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.
||2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched in the final mission of the U.S. Space Shuttle program.

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  • 1695: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens dies. He was a leading scientist of his time.

    1695: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens dies. He was a leading scientist of his time.

  • 1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.

    1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.

  • 1766: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey born. He will be an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, now often considered the first modern military surgeon.

    1766: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey born. He will be an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, now often considered the first modern military surgeon.

  • 1947: The Roswell UFO incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.

    1947: The Roswell UFO incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.

  • 1948: Janet Beta at ENIAC "raises more questions that it answers," says director of Project Blue Book.

    1948: Janet Beta at ENIAC "raises more questions that it answers," says director of Project Blue Book.

  • 1960: Pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

    1960: Pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.

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