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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and counteract geometry solvent.
1788: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
1960: Astronomer, astrophysicist, and criminal investigator Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin publishes new theory of stellar metallicity which uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.
2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the eleventh anniversary of NASA revealing photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017: Butterfly voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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 ||1790: The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
-||1815: died: Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils was a French chemist. He studied in the École des Mines de Paris, and was a student and friend of Louis Nicolas Vauquelin. He is best known for confirming the discovery of chromium by Vauquelin, and for independently discovering iridium in 1803. Pic.
+||1815: Chemist Hippolyte-Victor Collet-Descotils dies ... confirmed the discovery of chromium by Vauquelin, and independently discovered iridium in 1803. Pic.
+||1823: Edme-Samuel Castaing born ... physician thought to have been the first person to use morphine to commit murder. No DOB. Pic.
 ||1856: Mathematician and academic. Walther von Dyck dies. Pic: http://www.deutsches-museum.de/presse/presse-2006/nachlass-von-dyck/
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 ||1863: Charles Martin Hall born ... chemist and engineer. Pic.
-||1864: Abraham Cressy Morrison born ... chemist and president of the New York Academy of Sciences.
+||1864: Abraham Cressy Morrison born ... chemist and president of the New York Academy of Sciences. Pic.
 ||1867: Jean Pierre Flourens dies ... physiologist and academic.