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||1867: Eldridge Reeves Johnson born ... businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. Pic.
||1867: Eldridge Reeves Johnson born ... businessman and engineer who founded the Victor Talking Machine Company and built it into the leading American producer of phonographs and phonograph records and one of the leading phonograph companies in the world at the time. Pic.
File:Galileo Ferraris.jpg|link=Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist and electrical crime-fighter [[Galileo Ferraris (nonfiction)|Galileo Ferraris]] invents new type of AC power systems which detects and prevents [[crimes against physics]].


||1872: Robert Maillart born ... engineer, He revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and mushroom ceiling for industrial buildings. Pic.
||1872: Robert Maillart born ... engineer, He revolutionized the use of structural reinforced concrete with such designs as the three-hinged arch and the deck-stiffened arch for bridges, and the beamless floor slab and mushroom ceiling for industrial buildings. Pic.

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  • 1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

    1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

    1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

  • 1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

    1957: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung calls the upcoming Tybee nuclear bomb accident "a rock-solid business investment which is certain to generate handsome returns for early investors."

  • 1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

    1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new comedy film about the Tybee nuclear bomb accident, denies accusations that he is "capitalizing on a tragedy."

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