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||Bernard Bolzano (/bɒlˈtsɑːnoʊ/; German: [bɔlˈtsaːno]; born Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano; | ||1661 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor (d. 1751) | ||
||1737 – Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644) | |||
||1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. | |||
||Bernard Bolzano (/bɒlˈtsɑːnoʊ/; German: [bɔlˈtsaːno]; born Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano; d. 18 December 1848) was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his antimilitarist views. | |||
File:Jean-Étienne Montucla.jpg|link=Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|1799: Mathematician and theorist [[Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|Jean-Étienne Montucla]] dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of ''Histoire des Mathématiques'', the first part appearing in 1758. | |||
||1856 – J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940) | |||
||1865 – US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA. | |||
||1880 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793) | |||
File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|1889: Set theorist and crime-fighter [[Georg Cantor]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to advance [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] research. | File:Georg Cantor diagonal argument.jpg|link=Georg Cantor|1889: Set theorist and crime-fighter [[Georg Cantor]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to advance [[Set theory (nonfiction)|Set theory]] research. | ||
||1890 – Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (d. 1954) | |||
||1892 – Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia. | |||
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Crimes against mathematical constants|math-crimes complex]]." | File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Crimes against mathematical constants|math-crimes complex]]." | ||
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched. | File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched. | ||
File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and reverse [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and reverse [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1966 – Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker. | |||
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1972 – Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. | |||
||1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. | |||
||1973 – The Islamic Development Bank is founded. | |||
File:Hexahedron.jpg|link=Cube (nonfiction)|1976: [[Cube (nonfiction)|Cube]] delivers lecture on [[Geometry (nonfiction)|geometry]]. | File:Hexahedron.jpg|link=Cube (nonfiction)|1976: [[Cube (nonfiction)|Cube]] delivers lecture on [[Geometry (nonfiction)|geometry]]. | ||
||1981 – First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built. | |||
||1994 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916) | |||
File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole. | File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole. | ||
||1995 – Konrad Zuse, German engineer, designed the Z3 computer (b. 1910) | |||
||1996 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904) | |||
||1999 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. | |||
||2006 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911) | |||
||2008 – Mark Felt, American FBI agent and informant (b. 1913) | |||
File:Septins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.jpg|link=Transdimensional prison|2016: [[Transdimensional prison|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae'' Prison]] unable to contain supervillain [[Abomynous]]. | File:Septins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.jpg|link=Transdimensional prison|2016: [[Transdimensional prison|''Saccharomyces Cerevisiae'' Prison]] unable to contain supervillain [[Abomynous]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:41, 3 September 2017
1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.
1889: Set theorist and crime-fighter Georg Cantor uses Gnomon algorithm to advance Set theory research.
1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "math-crimes complex."
1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and reverse crimes against mathematical constants.
1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
2016: Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Prison unable to contain supervillain Abomynous.
