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Archaeologists have found the oldest Roman temple

They unearthed the altars and the sites of the temples of Roman goddesses Fortuna and Mater Matuta. Fortuna was the personification of luck in Roman religion. She might bring good or bad luck. Mater Matuta was an indigenous Latin goddess, whom the Romans eventually made equivalent to the dawn goddess Aurora, and the Greek goddess Eos.

First Saturn launch

Saturn I was the first of the famous Saturn rocket family. Its descendant was Saturn V, which took people to the Moon. Saturn I was first American rocket designed specifically to launch large payloads into low Earth orbit. President John Kennedy identified its launch as the one which would place US lift capability ahead of the Soviets.

German chemist Fritz Haber dies

He was one of two men, who invented a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas. The other one was Carl Bosch and the method is called Haber–Bosch process. It is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia today. Ammonia is used for synthesis of fertilizers and explosives.

Carl R. Taylor patents Cone-rolling machine

In his patent application the resident of Cleveland, Ohio explained that his "new and useful" invention was designed to form "thin, freshly-baked wafers while still hot into cone-shaped containers such as are commonly used in dispensing ice cream". Today, many styles of cones are made, including pretzel cones and chocolate-coated cones.

Probably the first use x-rays in the treatment of cancer

French physician Victor Despeignes tried to use X-ray for treatment of a patient with stomach cancer. He published a paper with the results: a week-long treatment was followed by a diminution of pain and reduction in the size of the tumor, though the case was ultimately fatal. The results were inconclusive, because the patient was concurrently being given other treatments.

Karl Benz patents the first gasoline-driven automobile

It was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar") and it is widely regarded as the world's first automobile. Benz's wife, Bertha, financed the development process. According to modern law, she would have therefore received the patent rights, but married women were not allowed to apply for patents at the time.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

died 1963

Robert Frost

born 1936

Walter Lewin

died 1934

Fritz Haber