Events
1684 - Isaac Newton’s derivation of Kepler’s laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.
Births
1452 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer
1588 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher
1751 - George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist
1805 - Josef Skoda, Bohemian physician
1934 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths
1198 - Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher
1603 - William Gilbert, English scientist
1831 - Thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist
1850 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist
1911 - Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist
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For the second time in a row, storms have interfered with the Republican National Convention.
This isn't even in the advisories and discussions yet on the Hurricane Center site, but they are calling Isaac a hurricane. Here's a recent snapshot:
.... prolly. At the moment, Isaac has all the pieces in place; winds are high enough, pressure at the center is low enough, and all that. But, the storm is not organized with an eye and nicely formed bands. I imagine that the folks in the Hurricane Prediction Center are annoyed.