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||1958: Elizabeth Alexander dies ... British geologist, academic, and physicist. Pic. | ||1958: Elizabeth Alexander dies ... British geologist, academic, and physicist. Pic. | ||
||1959: Lipót Fejér dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1959: Lipót Fejér dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel.jpg|link=Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|1965: Mathematician [[Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|Abraham Fraenkel]] dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|George Cantor]]. | File:Adolf Abraham Halevi Fraenkel.jpg|link=Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|1965: Mathematician [[Abraham Fraenkel (nonfiction)|Abraham Fraenkel]] dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|George Cantor]]. | ||
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||1966: The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. | ||1966: The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. | ||
||1980: Mikhail Lavrentyev dies ... physicist and mathematician. | ||1980: Mikhail Lavrentyev dies ... physicist and mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. | ||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. | ||
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||1997: The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | ||1997: The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | ||
||2000: Konrad Emil Bloch dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2000: Konrad Emil Bloch dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2001: NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. | ||2001: NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io. | ||
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||2003: China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. | ||2003: China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. | ||
||2012: Maria Petrou dies ... computer scientist and academic | ||2012: Maria Petrou dies ... computer scientist and academic. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Maria+Petrou | ||
File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pink City (nonfiction)|Pink City]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pink City (nonfiction)|Pink City]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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1608: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles.
1609: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei discovers secret math crime gang in the Vatican, vows to "see them all hang."
1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks for the second time, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military.
1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein calls Gene Krupa "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation."
1965: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of George Cantor.
2015: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.