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File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|1223 BC: [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|Solar eclipse]] occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language. | File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|1223 BC: [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|Solar eclipse]] occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language. | ||
File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1499: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to generate new class of [[cryptographic numen]]. | File:Johannes Trithemius.jpg|link=Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|1499: Polymath [[Johannes Trithemius (nonfiction)|Johannes Trithemius]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to generate new class of [[cryptographic numen]]. | ||
||1512 – Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (d. 1594) | |||
File:William Oughtred.jpg|link=William Oughtred (nonfiction)|1574: Mathematician [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]] born. He will invent the slide rule in 1622. | File:William Oughtred.jpg|link=William Oughtred (nonfiction)|1574: Mathematician [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]] born. He will invent the slide rule in 1622. | ||
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|link=Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|1616: [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]]'s book ''On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'' is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published. | |||
File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1640: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] attends and records lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]], which it will later use to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1640: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] attends and records lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]], which it will later use to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams (5 March 1903 | |||
||1779 – Benjamin Gompertz, English mathematician and statistician (d. 1865) | |||
||1794 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1872) | |||
||1815 – Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734) | |||
||1827 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749) | |||
||Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (d. 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane. | |||
||1829 – John Adams, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766) | |||
File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1836: Inventor [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. | |||
||1862 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934) | |||
||1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake. | |||
||1880 – Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1968) | |||
||1900 – Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (d. 1974) | |||
||Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams (b. 5 March 1903), was a Welsh physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer. | |||
||1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. | |||
||1915 – Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002) | |||
||1925 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859) | |||
File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | ||
||1927 – Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840) | |||
||1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011) | |||
||1970 – The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. | |||
||1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. | |||
||1979 – Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. | |||
||1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world. | |||
||1982 – Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus. | |||
File:Joseph Weizenbaum.jpg|link=Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|2008: Computer scientist [[Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|Joseph Weizenbaum]] dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence. | File:Joseph Weizenbaum.jpg|link=Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|2008: Computer scientist [[Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|Joseph Weizenbaum]] dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence. | ||
File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | ||
||2013 – Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921) | |||
File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | ||
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Revision as of 15:17, 29 October 2017
1223 BC: Solar eclipse occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language.
1499: Polymath Johannes Trithemius uses Gnomon algorithm functions to generate new class of cryptographic numen.
1574: Mathematician William Oughtred born. He will invent the slide rule in 1622.
1616: Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
1640: Didacus automaton attends and records lecture by William Oughtred, which it will later use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1926: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann reverse-engineers Didacus automaton, retrieves complete copy of lecture by William Oughtred.
2008: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
2009: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using Gnomon algorithm techniques.
2016: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.