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File:Jan Brożek.jpg|link=Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|1652: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer [[Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|Jan Brożek]] dies. He contributed to a greater knowledge of [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]]' theories and was his ardent supporter and early prospective biographer. | File:Jan Brożek.jpg|link=Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|1652: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer [[Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|Jan Brożek]] dies. He contributed to a greater knowledge of [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]]' theories and was his ardent supporter and early prospective biographer. | ||
File:Ole Rømer.jpg|link=Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|1676: Astronomer [[Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|Ole Rømer]] presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. | File:Ole Rømer.jpg|link=Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|1676: Astronomer [[Ole Rømer (nonfiction)|Ole Rømer]] presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light. | ||
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||1895: Josef Mattauch born ... physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic. | ||1895: Josef Mattauch born ... physicist known for his work in the investigation of the isotopic abundances by mass spectrometry. He developed the Mattauch isobar rule in 1934. Pic. | ||
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1905: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]]'s paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal ''Annalen der Physik''. | File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1905: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]]'s paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal ''Annalen der Physik''. | ||
||1913: Gunnar Kangro born ... mathematician, author, and academic. Pic. | ||1913: Gunnar Kangro born ... mathematician, author, and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1978: Francesco Giacomo Tricomi dies ... mathematician famous for his studies on mixed type partial differential equations. Pic. | ||1978: Francesco Giacomo Tricomi dies ... mathematician famous for his studies on mixed type partial differential equations. Pic. | ||
||1985: United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. | ||1985: United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison. | ||
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||2014: Paul von Ragué Schleyer dies ... chemist and academic ... made contributions in the area of synthesis of adamantane and other cage molecules by rearrangement mechanisms. He also discovered new types of hydrogen bonding. Schleyer also identified solvolysis mechanisms, including reactive intermediates. As a pioneer in the field of computational chemistry, Schleyer identified a number of new molecular structures, especially related to lithium chemistry and electron deficient systems. Pic search. | ||2014: Paul von Ragué Schleyer dies ... chemist and academic ... made contributions in the area of synthesis of adamantane and other cage molecules by rearrangement mechanisms. He also discovered new types of hydrogen bonding. Schleyer also identified solvolysis mechanisms, including reactive intermediates. As a pioneer in the field of computational chemistry, Schleyer identified a number of new molecular structures, especially related to lithium chemistry and electron deficient systems. Pic search. | ||
File:Spiral.jpg|link=Spiral (image | File:Spiral.jpg|link=Spiral (image)|2018: ''[[Spiral (image)|Spiral]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada. | ||
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1652: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer Jan Brożek dies. He contributed to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories and was his ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.
1676: Astronomer Ole Rømer presents the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.
1905: Albert Einstein's paper that leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula, E = mc², is published in the journal Annalen der Physik.
1996: Theoretical physicist Mohammad Abdus Salam dies. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg for his contribution to the electroweak unification theory.
2018: Spiral voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.