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||1691: Adrien Auzout dies ... astronomer and instrument maker. Pic: book cover.
||1691: Adrien Auzout dies ... astronomer and instrument maker. Pic: book cover.


||1701: After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
||1701: After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London. No DOB. Pic.


File:Carl von Linné.jpg|link=Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|Carl Linnaeus]] born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.
File:Carl von Linné.jpg|link=Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|Carl Linnaeus]] born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.


||1718: William Hunter born ... anatomist and physician.
||1718: William Hunter born ... anatomist and physician ... a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day. Pic.


||1734: Franz Mesmer born ... physician and astrologer. Pic.
||1734: Franz Mesmer born ... physician and astrologer. Pic.

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  • 1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.

    1707: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus born. He will formalize the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.

  • 1895: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann dies. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds included what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

    1895: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann dies. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds included what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

  • 1917: Mathematician Edward Lorenz born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect.

    1917: Mathematician Edward Lorenz born. He will introduce the strange attractor notion, and coin the term butterfly effect.

  • 1918: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

    1918: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

  • 1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

    1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.

  • 1994: George P. Metesky dies. He terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

    1994: George P. Metesky dies. He terrorized New York City for 16 years in the 1940s and 1950s with explosives that he planted in theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices.

  • 2005: Flow Chart voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2005: Flow Chart voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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