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File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch [[math criminals]] in the act. | File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch [[math criminals]] in the act. | ||
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||1826: Charles Todd born ... worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables. Pic. | ||1826: Charles Todd born ... worked at the Royal Greenwich Observatory 1841–1847 and the Cambridge University observatory from 1847 to 1854. He then worked on telegraphy and undersea cables. Pic. | ||
||1843: Camillo Golgi born ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1843: Camillo Golgi born ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1863: The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. | ||1863: The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300. | ||
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||1905: Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin born ... mathematician ... an expert on fluid mechanics and abstract algebra. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Marie-Louise+Dubreil-Jacotin | ||1905: Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin born ... mathematician ... an expert on fluid mechanics and abstract algebra. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Marie-Louise+Dubreil-Jacotin | ||
||1906: William Feller born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1906: William Feller born ... mathematician and academic ... probability. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=william+feller | ||
||1907: László Tisza born ... physicist and academic ... initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium. Pic. | ||1907: László Tisza born ... physicist and academic ... initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium. Pic. | ||
||1907: Robert A. Heinlein born ... science fiction writer and screenwriter. | ||1907: Robert A. Heinlein born ... science fiction writer and screenwriter. Pic. | ||
||1912: Robert Alden Cornog born ... physicist and engineer who helped develop the atomic bomb and missile systems from the Snark to the Minuteman. Pic. | ||1912: Robert Alden Cornog born ... physicist and engineer who helped develop the atomic bomb and missile systems from the Snark to the Minuteman. Pic. | ||
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||1927: Magnus Gustaf (Gösta) Mittag-Leffler dies ... mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions, which today is called complex analysis. Pic. | ||1927: Magnus Gustaf (Gösta) Mittag-Leffler dies ... mathematician. His mathematical contributions are connected chiefly with the theory of functions, which today is called complex analysis. Pic. | ||
||1930: Arthur Conan Doyle dies ... writer. | ||1930: Arthur Conan Doyle dies ... writer. Pic. | ||
||1930: Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). | ||1930: Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam). Pic. | ||
||1936: Egbert Valentin Brieskorn born ... mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution. Pic. | ||1936: Egbert Valentin Brieskorn born ... mathematician who introduced Brieskorn spheres and the Brieskorn–Grothendieck resolution. Pic. | ||
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||1937: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War. | ||1937: The Marco Polo Bridge Incident provides the Imperial Japanese Army with a pretext for starting the Second Sino-Japanese War. | ||
||1941: The American occupation of Iceland replaces the British occupation. | ||1941: The American occupation of Iceland replaces the British occupation. "Britain persuaded the Althing to approve an American occupation force, and TF 19 anchored off Reykjavík that evening." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Iceland#United_States_occupation Pic, footage (1941). | ||
File:Bernoulli_wappen.png|link=Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|1945: Advances in [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|dynastic cellular automata theory]] reveal new members of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]]. | File:Bernoulli_wappen.png|link=Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|1945: Advances in [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|dynastic cellular automata theory]] reveal new members of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]]. | ||
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||1983: Joseph Pierre (Joe) LaSalle dies ... mathematician specializing in dynamical systems and responsible for important contributions to stability theory, such as LaSalle's invariance principle which bears his name. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Joseph+LaSalle+mathematician | ||1983: Joseph Pierre (Joe) LaSalle dies ... mathematician specializing in dynamical systems and responsible for important contributions to stability theory, such as LaSalle's invariance principle which bears his name. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Joseph+LaSalle+mathematician | ||
||1983: Herman Kahn dies ... founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century ... founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation. He became known for analyzing the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommending ways to improve survivability, making him one of three historical inspirations for the title character of Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove. | ||1983: Herman Kahn dies ... founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century ... founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation. He became known for analyzing the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommending ways to improve survivability, making him one of three historical inspirations for the title character of Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove. Pic. | ||
||1984: Richard E. Bellman dies ... applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and important contributions in other fields of mathematics. Pic. | ||1984: Richard E. Bellman dies ... applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and important contributions in other fields of mathematics. Pic. | ||
Revision as of 05:55, 7 July 2019
1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Christiaan Huygens publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1947: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung announces plan to sell shares in the career of Joseph McCarthy, calls it "a new day in political campaigning."