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||1902: William Henry Barlow dies ... engineer.
||1902: William Henry Barlow dies ... engineer.


||Ogden Nicholas Rood (d. 12 November 1902) was an American physicist best known for his work in color theory. Pic.
||1902: Ogden Nicholas Rood dies ... physicist best known for his work in color theory. Pic.


||Hua Luogeng, or Hua Loo-gehng (b. 12 November 1910), was a Chinese mathematician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China.
||1910: Hua Luogeng (or Hua Loo-gehng) born ... mathematician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China.


||1912 – The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
||1912: The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.


||1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855)
||1916: Percival Lowell dies ... American astronomer, mathematician, and author.


||Georges Henri Reeb (b. 12 November 1920) was a French mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic.
||1920: Georges Henri Reeb born ... mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic.


||Yutaka Taniyama (b. 12 November 1927) was a Japanese mathematician known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture. Pic.
||1927: Yutaka Taniyama born ... mathematician known for the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture. Pic.


||1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
||1927: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.


||1928 – SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
||1928: SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.


||Norman Woodason Johnson (b. November 12, 1930) was a mathematician. In 1966 he enumerated 92 convex non-uniform polyhedra with regular faces. Victor Zalgaller later proved (1969) that Johnson's list was complete; the complete set is now known as the Johnson solids. Pic.
||1930: Norman Woodason Johnson born ... mathematician. In 1966 he enumerated 92 convex non-uniform polyhedra with regular faces. Victor Zalgaller later proved (1969) that Johnson's list was complete; the complete set is now known as the Johnson solids. Pic.


||Sir Dugald Clerk (d. 1932) was a Scottish engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878. Pic.
||1932: Dugald Clerk dies ... engineer who designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine in 1878. Pic.


||1936 – In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
||1936: In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.


||Floris Takens (b. November 12, 1940) was a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of chaotic dynamical systems. Together with David Ruelle, he predicted that fluid turbulence could develop through a strange attractor, a term they coined, as opposed to the then-prevailing theory of accretion of modes. The prediction was later confirmed by experiment. Pic.
||1930: Floris Takens born ... mathematician known for contributions to the theory of chaotic dynamical systems. Together with David Ruelle, he predicted that fluid turbulence could develop through a strange attractor, a term they coined, as opposed to the then-prevailing theory of accretion of modes. The prediction was later confirmed by experiment. Pic.


File:Abe Reles.jpg|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1941: New York mobster and hit man turned goverment informant [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] falls to his death while under police custody. Despite knotted sheets and other evidence of an escape attempt, there is widespread belief that Reles was murdered to prevent him from testifying.
File:Abe Reles.jpg|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1941: New York mobster and hit man turned goverment informant [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] falls to his death while under police custody. Despite knotted sheets and other evidence of an escape attempt, there is widespread belief that Reles was murdered to prevent him from testifying.
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File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1947: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.
File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1947: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.


||1969 – Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.
||1969: William F. Friedman dies ... US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s. Pic.


||William Frederick Friedman (d. November 12, 1969) was a US Army cryptographer who ran the research division of the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, and parts of its follow-on services into the 1950s.  
||1969: Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.


||1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
||1970: The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.


||1971 – Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
||1971: Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.


||1980 – The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
||1980: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.


||1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
||1981: Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.


File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|1989: [[AESOP]] predicts that [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.
File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|1989: [[AESOP]] predicts that [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.
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||1995: Roland Lvovich Dobrushin dies ... mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and information theory. Pic.
||1995: Roland Lvovich Dobrushin dies ... mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory, mathematical physics, and information theory. Pic.


||1997 – Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
||1997: Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.


||1998: Sally Shlaer dies ... mathematician and engineer.
||1998: Sally Shlaer dies ... mathematician and engineer.
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||2014: John Briscoe dies ... epidemiologist, engineer, and academic. no pic
||2014: John Briscoe dies ... epidemiologist, engineer, and academic. no pic


||2014: Valery Senderov dies ... mathematician and academic.
||2014: Valery Senderov dies ... Soviet dissident, mathematician, teacher, and advocate of human rights known for his struggle against state-sponsored antisemitism. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Valery+Senderov


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