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||1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1868) | |||
||August Ferdinand Möbius (/ˈmɜːrbiəs/ or US: /ˈmoʊbiəs/; German: [ˈmøːbi̯ʊs]; 17 November 1790 – 26 September 1868) was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. | ||August Ferdinand Möbius (/ˈmɜːrbiəs/ or US: /ˈmoʊbiəs/; German: [ˈmøːbi̯ʊs]; 17 November 1790 – 26 September 1868) was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer. | ||
||1749 – Nicolas Appert, French chef, invented canning (d. 1841) | |||
||1776 – James Ferguson, Scottish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1710) | |||
||1884: Pál Selényi born. | ||1884: Pál Selényi born. | ||
File:John Venn computing diagram.jpg|link=John Venn|1894: [[John Venn]] invents new [[Venn diagram|Demon-hunting diagram]], leading to arrest of serial killer [[H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|H. H. Holmes]]. | File:John Venn computing diagram.jpg|link=John Venn|1894: [[John Venn]] invents new [[Venn diagram|Demon-hunting diagram]], leading to arrest of serial killer [[H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|H. H. Holmes]]. | ||
File:H. H. Holmes.jpg|link=H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|1894: [[H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|H. H. Holmes]], one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts. | File:H. H. Holmes.jpg|link=H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|1894: [[H. H. Holmes (nonfiction)|H. H. Holmes]], one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts. | ||
||1902 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) | |||
||1917 – Ruth Aaronson Bari, American mathematician (d. 2005) | |||
File:Claire Kelly Schultz.jpg|link=Claire Kelly Schultz (nonfiction)|1924: Information scientist [[Claire Kelly Schultz (nonfiction)|Claire Kelly Schultz]] born. | File:Claire Kelly Schultz.jpg|link=Claire Kelly Schultz (nonfiction)|1924: Information scientist [[Claire Kelly Schultz (nonfiction)|Claire Kelly Schultz]] born. | ||
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1929: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing. | File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1929: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing. | ||
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|1931: Set theorist and crime-fighter [[Georg Cantor]] lectures on applications of [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] to [[Venn diagram|anti-demon algorithms]]. | File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|1931: Set theorist and crime-fighter [[Georg Cantor]] lectures on applications of [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] to [[Venn diagram|anti-demon algorithms]]. | ||
File:Cone-shaped supersonic shockwave.svg|link=Bonaparte's Gull|[[Bonaparte's Gull]] (''Chroicocephalus philadelphia'') announces new treaty with [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]]. | |||
File:SOEP attack bird Halobaena caerulea.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|[[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP]] representative confirms new treaty with [[Bonaparte's Gull]]. | ||1940 – Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882) - erotica, incest | ||
File:Howard Zinn 2009.jpg|link=Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|[[Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|Howard Zinn]] shares his thoughts on making the world a better place. | |||
||1940 – Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879) - eugenics, biostatistics | |||
||1947 – American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. | |||
||1969 – Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides. | |||
||1970 – Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft. | |||
||1973 – Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." | |||
||1973 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ends in a bloodshed in the Greek capital. | |||
||1990 – Robert Hofstadter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) | |||
||2000 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) | |||
|File:Cone-shaped supersonic shockwave.svg|link=Bonaparte's Gull|[[Bonaparte's Gull]] (''Chroicocephalus philadelphia'') announces new treaty with [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels]]. | |||
|File:SOEP attack bird Halobaena caerulea.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|[[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP]] representative confirms new treaty with [[Bonaparte's Gull]]. | |||
|File:Howard Zinn 2009.jpg|link=Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|[[Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|Howard Zinn]] shares his thoughts on making the world a better place. | |||
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1894: John Venn invents new Demon-hunting diagram, leading to arrest of serial killer H. H. Holmes.
1894: H. H. Holmes, one of the first modern serial killers, is arrested in Boston, Massachusetts.
1924: Information scientist Claire Kelly Schultz born.
1929: Inventor Herman Hollerith dies. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.
1931: Set theorist and crime-fighter Georg Cantor lectures on applications of Set theory to anti-demon algorithms.