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||988: Dunstan dies ... was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. Patron saint of: blacksmiths; Charlottetown, Canada; goldsmiths; locksmiths; musicians; silversmiths; bellringers. No DOB. Pic. | ||988: Dunstan dies ... was successively Abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, Bishop of Worcester, Bishop of London, and Archbishop of Canterbury, later canonised as a saint. Patron saint of: blacksmiths; Charlottetown, Canada; goldsmiths; locksmiths; musicians; silversmiths; bellringers. No DOB. Pic. | ||
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File:Ruth Ella Moore.jpg|link=Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|1903: Bacteriologist [[Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|Ruth Ella Moore]] born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans. | File:Ruth Ella Moore.jpg|link=Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|1903: Bacteriologist [[Ruth Ella Moore (nonfiction)|Ruth Ella Moore]] born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans. | ||
||1907: Benjamin Baker dies ... engineer, designed the Forth Bridge. | ||1907: Benjamin Baker dies ... engineer, designed the Forth Bridge. Pic. | ||
||1914: Max Perutz born ... biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1914: Max Perutz born ... biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1915: Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs born ... mathematician specializing in complex analysis. His main area of research was Nevanlinna theory. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Wolfgang+Heinrich+Johannes+Fuchs | ||1915: Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs born ... mathematician specializing in complex analysis. His main area of research was Nevanlinna theory. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Wolfgang+Heinrich+Johannes+Fuchs | ||
||1918: Abraham Pais born ... physicist, historian, and academic. | ||1918: Abraham Pais born ... physicist, historian, and academic. Pic. | ||
||1927: Serge Lang born ... mathematician, author and academic. Pic. | ||1927: Serge Lang born ... mathematician, author and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1930: Rudolf Emil Kálmán born ... electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He was most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. Pic. | ||1930: Rudolf Emil Kálmán born ... electrical engineer, mathematician, and inventor. He was most noted for his co-invention and development of the Kalman filter, a mathematical algorithm that is widely used in signal processing, control systems, and guidance, navigation and control. Pic. | ||
||1940: Friederich Pius Philipp Furtwängler dies ... number theorist. | ||1940: Friederich Pius Philipp Furtwängler dies ... number theorist. Pic. | ||
||1942: Gary Kildall born ... computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. | ||1942: Gary Kildall born ... computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc. | ||
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File:Petrozavodsk phenomenon photo copy.jpg|link=Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|1979: New analysis of the [[Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|Petrozavodsk phenomenon]] using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques reveals traces of the transdimensional drug [[Clandestiphrine]], ''Prima facie'' evidence of felony-grade [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math crimes]] under the [[APTO]] Accords. | File:Petrozavodsk phenomenon photo copy.jpg|link=Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|1979: New analysis of the [[Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|Petrozavodsk phenomenon]] using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques reveals traces of the transdimensional drug [[Clandestiphrine]], ''Prima facie'' evidence of felony-grade [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math crimes]] under the [[APTO]] Accords. | ||
||2009: Robert F. Furchgott dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2009: Robert F. Furchgott dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2009: Herbert Frank York dies ... nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes. Pic. | ||2009: Herbert Frank York dies ... nuclear physicist. He held numerous research and administrative positions at various United States government and educational institutes. Pic. | ||
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1743: Physicist, mathematician, and astronomer Jean-Pierre Christin publishes the design of a mercury thermometer based on the Celsius scale. The "Thermometer of Lyon" will be built by the craftsman Pierre Casati using this design.
1883: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels stolen. It will later be recovered by Niles Cartouchian and returned to the Smithsonian Museum.
1903: Bacteriologist Ruth Ella Moore born. She will publish work on tuberculosis, immunology and dental caries, the response of gut microorganisms to antibiotics, and the blood type of African-Americans.
1954: Computer programmer Jean Bartik discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1961: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
1971: The Soviet Union launches the Mars 2 spacecraft. The spacecraft will reach Mars, but the landing module will crash after failing to deploy its parachute.
1979: New analysis of the Petrozavodsk phenomenon using Gnomon algorithm techniques reveals traces of the transdimensional drug Clandestiphrine, Prima facie evidence of felony-grade math crimes under the APTO Accords.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars remembers the forty-sixth anniversary of the Mars 2 launch, observing a moment of silence for the failure of the mission.
2018: Three Kings 2 voted Picture of the Day by the Citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.