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||1574 – Thomas Platter the Younger, Swiss physician and author (d. 1628) no pic
||1574: Thomas Platter the Younger born ... physician and author. No pic.


File:Joseph Nicollet.jpg|link=Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and explorer [[Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|Joseph Nicollet]] born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
File:Joseph Nicollet.jpg|link=Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and explorer [[Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|Joseph Nicollet]] born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.


||1821 – William Poole, American boxer and gangster (d. 1855)
||1821: William Poole born ... boxer and gangster.


||1847 - Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
||1847: Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.


||1851 – Friedrich Schottky, Polish-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1935)
||1851: Friedrich Schottky born ... mathematician and theorist.


||1856 – Émile Picard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
||1856: Émile Picard born ... mathematician and academic.


||Paul Epstein (b. July 24, 1871) was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function. Epstein was appointed to a non-tenured post at the university and he lectured in Frankfurt from 1919. Later he was appointed professor at Frankfurt. However, after the Nazis came to power in Germany he lost his university position. Because of his age he was unable to find a new position abroad, and finally committed suicide by barbital overdose at Dornbusch, fearing Gestapo torture because he was a Jew. No pic.
||Paul Epstein (b. July 24, 1871) was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function. Epstein was appointed to a non-tenured post at the university and he lectured in Frankfurt from 1919. Later he was appointed professor at Frankfurt. However, after the Nazis came to power in Germany he lost his university position. Because of his age he was unable to find a new position abroad, and finally committed suicide by barbital overdose at Dornbusch, fearing Gestapo torture because he was a Jew. Pic: http://www.learn-math.info/mathematicians/historyDetail.htm?id=Epstein


||1877 – Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (d. 1954)
||1877: Calogero Vizzini born ... mob boss.


||1889 – Agnes Meyer Driscoll, American cryptanalyst (d. 1971)
||1889: Agnes Meyer Driscoll born ... cryptanalyst.


File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1896: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] receives shipment of [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]] from the future.  
File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1896: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] receives shipment of [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]] from the future.  
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File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|new data transmission protocols]] which will be useful in predicting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|new data transmission protocols]] which will be useful in predicting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Zoltán Lajos Bay (b. July 24, 1900) was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. Pic.
||1900: Zoltán Lajos Bay born ... physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. Pic.


File:William Sydney Porter.jpg|link=O. Henry (nonfiction)|1901: [[O. Henry (nonfiction)|O. Henry]] is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
File:William Sydney Porter.jpg|link=O. Henry (nonfiction)|1901: [[O. Henry (nonfiction)|O. Henry]] is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.


||Jerzy Witold Różycki (b. July 24, 1909) was a Polish mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Pic.
||1909: Jerzy Witold Różycki born ... mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma-machine ciphers before and during World War II. Pic.


||1914 – Frances Oldham Kelsey, Canadian pharmacologist and physician (d. 2015) thalidomide intervention
||1914: Frances Oldham Kelsey born ... pharmacologist and physician ... thalidomide intervention.


||Frank Ludvig Spitzer (b. July 24, 1926) was an Austrian-born American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, including the theory of random walks, fluctuation theory, percolation theory, the Wiener sausage, and especially the theory of interacting particle systems. Rare among mathematicians, he chose to focus broadly on "phenomena", rather than any one of the many specific theorems that might help to articulate a given phenomenon.
||1926: Frank Ludvig Spitzer born ... mathematician who made fundamental contributions to probability theory, including the theory of random walks, fluctuation theory, percolation theory, the Wiener sausage, and especially the theory of interacting particle systems. Rare among mathematicians, he chose to focus broadly on "phenomena", rather than any one of the many specific theorems that might help to articulate a given phenomenon.


File:Hans Hahn.jpg|link=Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician and philosopher [[Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|Hans Hahn]] dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.
File:Hans Hahn.jpg|link=Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician and philosopher [[Hans Hahn (nonfiction)|Hans Hahn]] dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.


||Marc Yor (b. 24 July 1949) was a French mathematician well known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of semimartingales, Brownian motion and other Lévy processes, the Bessel processes, and their applications to mathematical finance. Pic.
||1949: Marc Yor born ... mathematician well known for his work on stochastic processes, especially properties of semimartingales, Brownian motion and other Lévy processes, the Bessel processes, and their applications to mathematical finance. Pic.


||1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
||1950: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.


||Albert Coombs Barnes (d. July 24, 1951) was an American chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator. Pic.
||1951: Albert Coombs Barnes dies ... chemist, businessman, art collector, writer, and educator. Pic.


||Roland Weitzenböck (d. 24 July 1955) was an Austrian mathematician working on differential geometry who introduced the Weitzenböck connection.  Pic.
||1955: Roland Weitzenböck dies ... mathematician working on differential geometry who introduced the Weitzenböck connection.  Pic.


||1959 – At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
||1959: At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".


||1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
||1969: Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

Revision as of 08:52, 5 October 2018

  • 1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

    1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

  • 1896: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane receives shipment of time crystals from the future.

    1896: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane receives shipment of time crystals from the future.

  • 1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

    1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

  • 1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate new data transmission protocols which will be useful in predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate new data transmission protocols which will be useful in predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

    1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

  • 1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

    1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

  • 1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

    1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

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