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1 ธันวาคม
1783 : J.A.C. Charles makes the first flight (to 9000 feet) in a hydrogen balloon. He was the first man to see the sun set twice in one day.

2 ธันวาคม
1831 : Birthdate of du-Bois Reymond.

1942 : At 3:36 p.m. in a squash court under the West Stands of Stagg Field (the abandoned football stadium) at the University of Chicago, the first self-sustaining nuclear (fission) reaction took place. Enrico Fermi (1901-1954) was leader of the Manhattan Project.

3 ธันวาคม
1610 : Galileo dedicates his Sidereus nuncius to grandduke Cosmos II.

1924 : Birthdate of John Backus, inventer of FORTRAN