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||1537 – Francesco Barozzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1604) Pic.
||1537: Francesco Barozzi born ... mathematician and astronomer. Pic.


||1726 – Francesco Cetti, Italian priest, zoologist, and mathematician (d. 1778)
||1726: Francesco Cetti born ... priest, zoologist, and mathematician.


||1757 – Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (d. 1834)
||1757: Thomas Telford born ... architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge.


||1776 – Amedeo Avogadro, Italian physicist and chemist (d. 1856)
||1776: Amedeo Avogadro born ... physicist and chemist.


||1805 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (d. 1860)
||1805: Joseph Locke born ... engineer and politician.


||Anders Sparrman (d. 9 August 1820) was a Swedish naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
||1820: Anders Sparrman dies ... naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.


||1861 – Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer and academic (d. 1942)
||1861: Dorothea Klumpke born ... astronomer and academic.


||Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi (b. August 9, 1876) was a Russian mathematician, best known for his work in analysis, differential Galois theory, number theory, hyperbolic geometry, and history of mathematics. Pic.
||1876: Dmitry Dmitrievich Morduhai-Boltovskoi born ... mathematician, best known for his work in analysis, differential Galois theory, number theory, hyperbolic geometry, and history of mathematics. Pic.


||Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (d. August 9, 1888) was a French poet and inventor. He was the first person to conceive a method for reproducing recorded sound, an invention he named the Paleophone. Cros was also interested in the fields of transmitting graphics by telegraph and making photographs in color. Pic.
||1888: Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros dies ... poet and inventor. He was the first person to conceive a method for reproducing recorded sound, an invention he named the Paleophone. Cros was also interested in the fields of transmitting graphics by telegraph and making photographs in color. Pic.


||1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
||1892: Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.


||1896 – Glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal has fatal crash.
||1896: Glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal has fatal crash.


||1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)
||1896: Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)


File:Edward Frankland.jpg|link=Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist [[Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|Edward Frankland]] dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.  
File:Edward Frankland.jpg|link=Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist [[Edward Frankland (nonfiction)|Edward Frankland]] dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.  


||Auguste Kerckhoffs (d. 9 August 1903) was a Dutch linguist and cryptographer who was professor of languages at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Paris in the late 19th century. Pic.
||1903: Auguste Kerckhoffs dies ... linguist and cryptographer who was professor of languages at the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Paris in the late 19th century. Pic.


||Robert Wertheimer Frucht (later known as Roberto Frucht) (b. 9 August 1906) was a German-Chilean mathematician; his research specialty was graph theory and the symmetries of graphs. He is known for Frucht's theorem, the result that every group can be realized as the group of symmetries of an undirected graph, and for the Frucht graph, one of the two smallest cubic graphs without any nontrivial symmetries. Pic = Frucht's graph.
||1906: Robert Wertheimer Frucht born ... was a German-Chilean mathematician; his research specialty was graph theory and the symmetries of graphs. He is known for Frucht's theorem, the result that every group can be realized as the group of symmetries of an undirected graph, and for the Frucht graph, one of the two smallest cubic graphs without any nontrivial symmetries. Pic = Frucht's graph.


||1911 – William Alfred Fowler, American astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1996)
||1911: William Alfred Fowler born ... astronomer and astrophysicist, Nobel Laureate.


File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."
File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."


||Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (b. 16 February 1834) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology. Pic.
||Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (b. 16 February 1834) was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology. Pic.


||1925 – David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding (d. 1999)
||1925: David A. Huffman born ... computer scientist, developed Huffman coding.


File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] born.
File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] born.
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File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend [[math criminals]].
File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend [[math criminals]].


||1929 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878). Pic.
||1929: Pierre Fatou dies ... French mathematician and astronomer. Pic.


File:John Charles Fields.jpg|link=John Charles Fields (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician [[John Charles Fields (nonfiction)|John Charles Fields]] dies.  He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
File:John Charles Fields.jpg|link=John Charles Fields (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician [[John Charles Fields (nonfiction)|John Charles Fields]] dies.  He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.


||Anatole Katok (b. August 9, 1944) was an American mathematician with Russian origins. Katok was the Director of the Center for Dynamics and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University. His field of research was the theory of dynamical systems. Pic.
||1944: Anatole Katok born ... mathematician with Russian origins. Katok was the Director of the Center for Dynamics and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University. His field of research was the theory of dynamical systems. Pic.


||1945 – World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
||1945: World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35,000 people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.


||Karl Rudolf Fueter (d. 9 August 1950) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his work on number theory. He will do research on algebraic number theory and quaternion analysis. He also published a proof of the Fueter–Pólya theorem with George Pólya. Pic.
||1950: Karl Rudolf Fueter dies ... mathematician, known for his work on number theory. He will do research on algebraic number theory and quaternion analysis. He also published a proof of the Fueter–Pólya theorem with George Pólya. Pic.


||Roman Juszkiewicz (b. 9 August 1952) was a Polish astrophysicist whose work concerned fundamental issues of cosmology. Pic.
||1952: Roman Juszkiewicz born ... astrophysicist whose work concerned fundamental issues of cosmology. Pic.


||1969 – C. F. Powell, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
||1969: C. F. Powell dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1973: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for his next film by selling shares in the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|President Nixon's resignation]].
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1973: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for his next film by selling shares in the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|President Nixon's resignation]].
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File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."


||Donald William Kerst (d. August 19, 1993) was an American physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.
||1993: Donald William Kerst dies ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.


||1996 – Frank Whittle, English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine (b. 1907)
||1996: Frank Whittle dies ... English soldier and engineer, invented the jet engine.


||Abraham Haskel Taub (d. 1999) was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations.
||1999: Abraham Haskel Taub dies ... mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations.


File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Armand Borel.jpg|link=Armand Borel (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Armand Borel (nonfiction)|Armand Borel]] publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||John Charles Harsanyi (d. August 9, 2000) was a Hungarian-American economist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy  
||2000: John Charles Harsanyi dies ... economist. He is best known for his contributions to the study of game theory and its application to economics, specifically for his developing the highly innovative analysis of games of incomplete information, so-called Bayesian games. He also made important contributions to the use of game theory and economic reasoning in political and moral philosophy  


File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.
File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.


||Gene Franklin (d. August 9, 2012) was an American electrical engineer and control theorist known for his pioneering work towards the advancement of the control systems engineering – a subfield of electrical engineering. Most of his work on control theory was adapted immediately into NASA's U.S. space program, most famously in the control systems for the Apollo missions to the moon in 1960s–70s.  Pic.
||2007: Akutsu Tetsuzo dies ... surgeon who built the first artificial heart that was implanted and kept an animal alive. He was a thoracic surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic in 1957 when he was asked by Dr. Willem Kolff to collaborate in the pioneering project. On 12 Dec 1957, it kept a dog alive for 90 minutes. Thus, a new frontier was opened for artificial heart development for humans. Akutsu became assistant director at the Texas Heart Institute, and continued to develop his total artificial heart. Dr Denton Cooley had already implanted the first artifial heart in a human in 1969, but Akutsu was on his team for the implantation of the second human artificial heart at THI in 1981. After that, he returned to Japan and continued taking a major leadership role as a world expert developing the field. He published ''Heart Replacement: Artificial Heart''. Pic: https://www.todayinsci.com/8/8_20.htm
 
||2012: Gene Franklin dies ... electrical engineer and control theorist known for his pioneering work towards the advancement of the control systems engineering – a subfield of electrical engineering. Most of his work on control theory was adapted immediately into NASA's U.S. space program, most famously in the control systems for the Apollo missions to the moon in 1960s–70s.  Pic.


||John Henry Holland (d. August 9, 2015) was an American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms. Pic.
||2015: John Henry Holland dies ... was an American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms. Pic.


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  • 1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

    1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

  • 1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

    1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

  • 1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

    1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

  • 1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Vito Volterra uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend math criminals.

    1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Vito Volterra uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend math criminals.

  • 1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

    1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Nixon's resignation.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Nixon's resignation.

  • 1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

    1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."

  • 2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

    2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

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