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||1978: The first bomb of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
||1978: The first bomb of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1981: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] publishes study on applications of quantum electronics research in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:John F. Kennedy moon mission speech.jpg|link=|1961: Apollo program: U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|John F. Kennedy]] announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
File:John F. Kennedy moon mission speech.jpg|link=|1961: Apollo program: U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|John F. Kennedy]] announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

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  • 986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

    986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

  • 1488: Mathematician, architect, and APTO theological liason Antonio Manetti publishes new study of Dante's Inferno which anticipates later developments in high-energy literature.

    1488: Mathematician, architect, and APTO theological liason Antonio Manetti publishes new study of Dante's Inferno which anticipates later developments in high-energy literature.

  • 1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

    1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

  • 1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

    1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

  • 1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

    1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

  • 1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

    1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

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