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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:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1752: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] born. He will invent the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1752: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] born. He will invent the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine. | ||
||1816: | ||1816: Rudolf Wolf born ... astronomer and mathematician best known for his research on sunspots. 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. | ||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. | ||
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||1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged. | ||1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged. | ||
||1905: Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin born ... mathematician. | ||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. | ||
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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 | ||1941: The American occupation of Iceland replaces the British occupation. | ||
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]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:49, 14 April 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."