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||1635 – Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682)
File:Johann_Joachim_Becher.jpg|link=Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer [[Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|Johann Joachim Becher]] born. Becher will propose [[Phlogiston theory (nonfiction)|Phlogiston theory]] in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.


File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
||1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
||Gabriel Gruber, S.J. (b. May 6, 1740) was the second Superior General of the Society of Jesus in Russia. Math, etc. Pic.
||1782 – Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696)
||Martin Ohm (May 6, 1792, Erlangen – April 1, 1872, Berlin) was a German mathematician. He was the first to fully develop the theory of the exponential ab when both a and b are complex numbers in 1823.[1] He is also often credited with introducing the name "golden section" (goldener Schnitt).


File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
||1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918) geomorphology, planetary science
||1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937)
File:Petroleum_and_gas_concentrate.jpg|link=Sweet, sweet crude oil|1850: Wildcat exo-petroleum drillers discover [[Sweet, sweet crude oil]] near the town of [[Periphery (town)|Periphery]].
||Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (d. 6 May 1859) was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of Romantic philosophy and science.
||1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
File:Willem de Sitter.jpg|link=Willem de Sitter (nonfiction)|1872: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[Willem de Sitter (nonfiction)|Willem de Sitter]] born. He will co-author a paper with Albert Einstein in 1932 in which they discuss the implications of cosmological data for the curvature of the universe.
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
||1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
||Alexander William Williamson (d. 6 May 1904) was an English chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. Pic.
||Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais (b. 1904) was an Israeli engineer and the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, which is claimed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness through movement
||André Weil (b. 6 May 1906) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic.
||Ronald Samuel Rivlin (b. 6 May 1915) was a British-American physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic.
||1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997) Robert Henry Dicke (b. May 6, 1916) was an American physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.
||1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].


File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.


File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration ''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' "almost certainly depicts the [[The Eel]] punching [[Colonel Zersetzung]]."
File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration ''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' "almost certainly depicts the [[The Eel]] punching [[Colonel Zersetzung]] as they fall from the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg]]."
 
|File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating [[Egon Rhodomunde]]'s hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
 
||Thierry Aubin (b. 6 May 1942) was a French mathematician who worked at the Centre de Mathématiques de Jussieu, and was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations. Pic.


File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.


||1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869) Élie Joseph Cartan, ForMemRS (French: [kaʁtɑ̃]; 9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications. He also made significant contributions to mathematical physics, differential geometry, differential equations, group theory and quantum mechanics.
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||1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
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||1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
 
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
||1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
 
||John Clive Ward (d. 6 May 2000) was a British-Australian physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic.
 
||2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
 
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  • 1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

    1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

  • 1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

    1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

  • 1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

    1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

  • 1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

    1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

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