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File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1590: Astronomer and crime analyst [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the [[House of Malevecchio]] of committing a series of high-profile [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]].


||Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 – April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
||1762: Samuel Morey born ... inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.


||1774 – Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
||1774: Michel Benoist dies ... missionary and astronomer.


||1842: Henry Harrison Chase Dunwoody born. Known in his own time for his work with the Army’s Weather Bureau, Dunwoody invented the carborundum radio detector in 1906. It was the first practical mineral radio wave detector and the first commercial semiconductor device. Pic.
||1842: Henry Harrison Chase Dunwoody born. Known in his own time for his work with the Army’s Weather Bureau, Dunwoody invented the carborundum radio detector in 1906. It was the first practical mineral radio wave detector and the first commercial semiconductor device. Pic.
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File:William_D._Coolidge.jpg|link=William D. Coolidge (nonfiction)|1873: Physicist and engineer [[William D. Coolidge (nonfiction)|William D. Coolidge]] born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.
File:William_D._Coolidge.jpg|link=William D. Coolidge (nonfiction)|1873: Physicist and engineer [[William D. Coolidge (nonfiction)|William D. Coolidge]] born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.


||1875 – Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist and academic (d. 1946)
||1875: Gilbert N. Lewis born ... chemist and academic.


||Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski (b. 23 October 1892) was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau. He recruited a large staff of cryptologists who broke Soviet military codes and ciphers during the Polish-Soviet War, enabling Poland to weather the war and achieve victory in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw. Pic.
||1892: Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski born ... Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau. He recruited a large staff of cryptologists who broke Soviet military codes and ciphers during the Polish-Soviet War, enabling Poland to weather the war and achieve victory in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw. Pic.


||1894 – Emma Vyssotsky, American astronomer and academic (d. 1975)
||1894: Emma Vyssotsky born ... astronomer and academic (d. 1975)


||1905 – Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
||1905: Felix Bloch born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1906 – Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
||1906: Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.


||1908 – Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1990)
||1908: Ilya Frank born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1911 – First use of aircraft in war: Italo-Turkish War: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines.
||1911: First use of aircraft in war: Italo-Turkish War: An Italian pilot takes off from Libya to observe Turkish army lines.


||Charles Glover Barkla (d. 23 October 1944) was a British physicist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work in X-ray spectroscopy and related areas in the study of X-rays (Roentgen rays). Pic.
||1944: Charles Glover Barkla dies... physicist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917 for his work in X-ray spectroscopy and related areas in the study of X-rays (Roentgen rays). Pic.


||Carl Henry Eckart (d. October 23, 1973 in La Jolla, California) was an American physicist, physical oceanographer, geophysicist, and administrator. He co-developed the Wigner–Eckart theorem and is also known for the Eckart conditions in quantum mechanics,and the Eckart–Young theorem in linear algebra. Pic.
||1973: Carl Henry Eckart dies ... physicist, physical oceanographer, geophysicist, and administrator. He co-developed the Wigner–Eckart theorem and is also known for the Eckart conditions in quantum mechanics,and the Eckart–Young theorem in linear algebra. Pic.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.


||1986 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
||1986: Edward Adelbert Doisy dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||2011 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
||2011: Herbert A. Hauptman dies ... chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Tullio Regge.jpg|link=Tullio Regge (nonfiction)|2014: Physicist and academic [[Tullio Regge (nonfiction)|Tullio Regge]] dies.  In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.
File:Tullio Regge.jpg|link=Tullio Regge (nonfiction)|2014: Physicist and academic [[Tullio Regge (nonfiction)|Tullio Regge]] dies.  In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.
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File:The Eel Time-Surfing.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Eel Time-Surfing]]'' reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.
File:The Eel Time-Surfing.jpg|link=The Eel Time-Surfing|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Eel Time-Surfing]]'' reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.


||2016 – Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (b. 1924)
||2016: Jack Chick dies ... cartoonist and publisher.


|File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].
|File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].

Revision as of 07:08, 21 August 2018

  • 1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

    1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

    1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

    1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

  • 2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

    2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

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