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||1768: James Short dies ... mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35 year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments. Pic: https://alchetron.com/James-Short-(mathematician)
||1768: James Short dies ... mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35 year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments. Pic: https://alchetron.com/James-Short-(mathematician)


||1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1866) Nikolai Dmitrievich Brashman (b. June 14, 1796) was a Russian mathematician of Austrian origin.
||1796: Nikolai Brashman born ... mathematician and academic.


File:Charles Babbage by Antoine Claudet c1847-51.jpg|link=Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|1791: Polymath [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]] proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
File:Charles Babbage by Antoine Claudet c1847-51.jpg|link=Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|1791: Polymath [[Charles Babbage (nonfiction)|Charles Babbage]] proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".


||1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (b. 1754)
||1825: Pierre Charles L'Enfant dies ... architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C.


||1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1922) |1856 born: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey_Markov
||1856: Andrey Markov born ... mathematician and theorist.


||1862 – John Ulric Nef, Swiss-American chemist and academic (d. 1915)
||1862: John Ulric Nef born ... chemist and academic.


||1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
||1868: Karl Landsteiner born ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish mechanic and engineer (d. 1946)
||1871: Jacob Ellehammer born ... mechanic and engineer.


||Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (d. 14 June 1875) was a German astronomer
||1975: Heinrich Louis d'Arrest dies ... astronomer.
 
File:Birkeland terrella spiral nebula.jpg|link=Terrella (nonfiction)|1902: Aurora researcher and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist Kristian Birkeland uses his experimental [[Terrella (nonfiction)|Terrella]] to communicate with [[AESOP]] (Artificial Expert System of Philosophy) for the first time.


File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.  
File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.  


||Juan Pujol García MBE (b. 14 February 1912) was a Spanish citizen who deliberately became a double agent against Nazi Germany during World War II. He relocated to England to carry out fictional spying activities for the Nazis, and was known by the British codename Garbo and the German codename Alaric Arabel. Pic.
||19212: Juan Pujol García born ... Spanish citizen who deliberately became a double agent against Nazi Germany during World War II. He relocated to England to carry out fictional spying activities for the Nazis, and was known by the British codename Garbo and the German codename Alaric Arabel. Pic.


||1903 – Rose Rand, Austrian-American logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle (d. 1980)
||1903: Rose Rand born ... logician and philosopher from the Vienna Circle.


||1903: Karl Gegenbaur dies ... anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of comparative anatomy offers important evidence supporting of the theory of evolution. From studies in embryology, he asserted that all eggs are simple cells (1861) as suggested earlier by Schwann (1838). Pic.
||1903: Karl Gegenbaur dies ... anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of comparative anatomy offers important evidence supporting of the theory of evolution. From studies in embryology, he asserted that all eggs are simple cells (1861) as suggested earlier by Schwann (1838). Pic.


||1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2007) Atle Selberg (14 June 1917 – 6 August 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.  
||1917: Atle Selberg born ... mathematician and academic ... known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory.  


||1924 – James Black, Scottish pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
||1924: James Black born ... pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Fritz John (b. 14 June 1910) was a German-born mathematician specialising in partial differential equations and ill-posed problems. His early work was on the Radon transform and he is remembered for John's equation. Pic.
||1910: Fritz John born ... mathematician specialising in partial differential equations and ill-posed problems. His early work was on the Radon transform and he is remembered for John's equation. Pic.


File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1946: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] dies.  He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1946: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] dies.  He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.


||Federigo Enriques (d. 14 June 1946) was an Italian mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry.
||1946: Federigo Enriques dies ... mathematician, now known principally as the first to give a classification of algebraic surfaces in birational geometry, and other contributions in algebraic geometry.


||1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
||1949: Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.


||1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
||1951: UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.


||Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, FRS, (d. 14 June 1961) was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C. V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.
||1961: Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan dies ... physicist. He was a co-discoverer of Raman scattering, for which his mentor C. V. Raman was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.


||1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
||1962: The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.


||Elmer Tiling Cunningham (d. June 14, 1965) was an American entrepreneur and businessman, specializing in vacuum tubes and radio manufacturing. He is best known for being the most successful business person to produce unlicensed counterfeit vacuum tubes. Pic tube.
||1965: Elmer Tiling Cunningham dies ... entrepreneur and businessman, specializing in vacuum tubes and radio manufacturing. He is best known for being the most successful business person to produce unlicensed counterfeit vacuum tubes. Pic tube.


||1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
||1966: The Vatican announces the abolition of the ''Index Librorum Prohibitorum'' ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.


||1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
||1967: Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.


||1967 – China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
||1967: China tests its first hydrogen bomb.


File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1966: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[scrying engine]] to reveal previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1966: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[scrying engine]] to reveal previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:The Custodian.jpg|link=The Custodian|1995:[[The Custodian]] offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]].
File:The Custodian.jpg|link=The Custodian|1995:[[The Custodian]] offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]].


||2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
||2002: Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.


||María Josefa Wonenburger Planells (d. June 14, 2014) was a Galician mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic.
||2014: María Josefa Wonenburger Planells dies ... mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic.


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Revision as of 14:51, 3 September 2018

  • 1791: Polymath Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".

    1791: Polymath Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".

  • 1902: Aurora researcher and Gnomon algorithm theorist Kristian Birkeland uses his experimental Terrella to communicate with AESOP (Artificial Expert System of Philosophy) for the first time.

    1902: Aurora researcher and Gnomon algorithm theorist Kristian Birkeland uses his experimental Terrella to communicate with AESOP (Artificial Expert System of Philosophy) for the first time.

  • 1903: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.

    1903: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.

  • 1946: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.

    1946: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.

  • 1966: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses scrying engine to reveal previously unknown crimes against mathematical constants.

    1966: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses scrying engine to reveal previously unknown crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges dies. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

    1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges dies. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

  • 1994: Physicist and crime-fighter John Vincent Atanasoff uses the Atanasoff-Berry computer to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1994: Physicist and crime-fighter John Vincent Atanasoff uses the Atanasoff-Berry computer to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1995: Writer Roger Zelazny dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1995: Writer Roger Zelazny dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

  • 1995:The Custodian offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer Roger Zelazny.

    1995:The Custodian offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer Roger Zelazny.

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