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File:Johann Bernoulli.jpg|link=|1667: Mathematician [[Johann Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Johann Bernouli]] born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
File:Johann Bernoulli.jpg|link=|1667: Mathematician [[Johann Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Johann Bernouli]] born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.


||John Wilson (b. 6 August 1741) was an English mathematician. Wilson's theorem is named after him. Pic.
||1741: John Wilson born ... mathematician. Wilson's theorem is named after him. Pic.


File:Abraham de Moivre.jpg|link=Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|1753: Mathematician and theorist [[Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|Abraham de Moivre]] publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, ''The Doctrine of Chances'', with an addendum on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to the psychology of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Abraham de Moivre.jpg|link=Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|1753: Mathematician and theorist [[Abraham de Moivre (nonfiction)|Abraham de Moivre]] publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, ''The Doctrine of Chances'', with an addendum on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to the psychology of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828). Pic.
||1766: William Hyde Wollaston born ... chemist and physicist. Pic.


||Heinrich Rose (b. 6 August 1795) was a German mineralogist and analytical chemist.  
||1795: Heinrich Rose born ... mineralogist and analytical chemist.  


||1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
||1844: James Henry Greathead born ... engineer.


||1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
||1881: Alexander Fleming born ... biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
||1890: At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.


||Philip McCord Morse (b. August 6, 1903), was an American physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II. He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S.
||1903: Philip McCord Morse born ... physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II. He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S.


||Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (d. 6 August 1925) was an Italian mathematician born in Lugo di Romagna. He is most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus
||1925: Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro dies ... mathematician born in Lugo di Romagna. He is most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus


File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement.
File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement.


||Emil Hilb (d. 6 August 1929) was a German-Jewish mathematician who worked in the fields of special functions, differential equations, and difference equations. Pic.
||1929: Emil Hilb dies ... mathematician who worked in the fields of special functions, differential equations, and difference equations. Pic.


||1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
||1930: Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.


||1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
||1945: World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.


||Paul Koebe (d. 6 August 1945) was a 20th-century German mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909.
||1945: Paul Koebe dies ... mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909.


||Earle C. Anthony (d. 1961) was an American businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.
||1961: Earle C. Anthony dies ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.


File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|1969: Signed first edition of ''[[Gambling Den Fight]]'' purchased by [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] for an undisclosed sum.
File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|1969: Signed first edition of ''[[Gambling Den Fight]]'' purchased by [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] for an undisclosed sum.


||1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
||1987: Hans Motz dies ...  pioneering work at Stanford University on undulators which led to the development of the wiggler and the free-electron laser. Pic: https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rse34067
 
File:Tim Berners-Lee (2009).jpg|link=Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|1991: Computer scientist [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.


File:Mars 23 aug 2003 hubble.jpg|link=Mars (nonfiction)|1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
File:Mars 23 aug 2003 hubble.jpg|link=Mars (nonfiction)|1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms.


||André Weil (d. 6 August 1998) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic.
||1998: André Weil dies ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic.


||Atle Selberg (d. 2007) was a Norwegian mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory.  
||2007: Atle Selberg dies ... mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory.  


File:Curiosity rover.jpg|link=Curiosity (nonfiction)|2012: NASA's ''[[Curiosity (nonfiction)|Curiosity]]'' rover lands on the surface of Mars.
File:Curiosity rover.jpg|link=Curiosity (nonfiction)|2012: NASA's ''[[Curiosity (nonfiction)|Curiosity]]'' rover lands on the surface of Mars.

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