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||1913 – Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010) | ||1913 – Maurice Wilkes, English computer scientist and physicist (d. 2010) | ||
||Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (b. June 26, 1914) was an American theoretical physicist, astronomer and mountaineer. As a scientist, he carried out research into star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device. Pic. | |||
||1915 – Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985) | ||1915 – Paul Castellano, American gangster (d. 1985) | ||
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1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".
1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.
1823: Havelock announces plan to collaborate with David Rittenhouse and Lord Kelvin on building an orrery which models the heat death of the universe.
1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1842: Clock Head advises Judge Havelock to drink less Extract of Radium, less often.