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||1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. | ||1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. | ||
||Sir John Burton Cleland (22 June 1878 – 11 August 1971) was a renowned Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist. He was Professor of Pathology at the University of Adelaide and was consulted on high-level police inquiries, such as the famous Taman Shud Case in 1948 and later. Pic. | |||
File:Jan Tschichold (1963) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|link=Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|1974: Graphic designer and typographer [[Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|Jan Tschichold]] dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic. | File:Jan Tschichold (1963) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|link=Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|1974: Graphic designer and typographer [[Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|Jan Tschichold]] dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic. | ||
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||1977 – Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911) | ||1977 – Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911) | ||
File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1995: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] dies. He made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science. | |||
File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2003: Mathematician and academic [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] dies. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups. | File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2003: Mathematician and academic [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] dies. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups. | ||
||Richard A. Oriani (July 19, 1920 – August 11, 2015) was an El Salvador-born American chemical engineer and metallurgist who was instrumental in the study of the effects of hydrogen in metal. He also made significant contributions to the field of cold fusion. | ||Richard A. Oriani (July 19, 1920 – August 11, 2015) was an El Salvador-born American chemical engineer and metallurgist who was instrumental in the study of the effects of hydrogen in metal. He also made significant contributions to the field of cold fusion. | ||
File:Pin Man number 1 cover art.jpg|link=Pin Man (nonfiction)|2017: [[Pin Man (nonfiction)|Pin Man #1]] is "a work in progress," says author [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories." | File:Pin Man number 1 cover art.jpg|link=Pin Man (nonfiction)|2017: [[Pin Man (nonfiction)|Pin Man #1]] is "a work in progress," says author [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]]. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories." | ||
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1578: Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic Pedro Nunes dies. One of the greatest mathematicians of his time, he is best known for his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography.
1890: Judge Havelock survives shootout by running away.
1974: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.
1975: Pin Man accuses Baron Zersetzung and Egon Rhodomunde of conspiring to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church dies. He made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.
2003: Mathematician and academic Armand Borel dies. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.
2017: Pin Man #1 is "a work in progress," says author Karl Jones. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories."