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||1499 – Marsilio Ficino, Italian astrologer and philosopher (b. 1433)
||1499: Marsilio Ficino dies ... astrologer and philosopher.


||Johannes (or Jean) Sturm, Latinized as Ioannes Sturmius (b. 1 October 1507) was a German-French educator, influential in the design of the Gymnasium system of secondary education.
||1507: Johannes (or Jean) Sturm born ... educator, influential in the design of the Gymnasium system of secondary education.


||1671 – Luigi Guido Grandi, Italian monk, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1742) Pic.
||1671: Luigi Guido Grandi born ... monk, mathematician, and engineer. Pic.


||1768 – Robert Simson, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1687)
||1768: Robert Simson dies ... mathematician and academic.


||1838 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (b. 1768)
||1838: Charles Tennant dies ... chemist and businessman.


||Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (b. October 1, 1842) 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.
||1842: Charles Cros ... 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.


||1854 – The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.
||1854: The watch company founded in 1850 in Roxbury by Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the American system of watch manufacturing.


||Georg Bredig (b. October 1, 1868) was a German physical chemist. Pic.
||1868: Georg Bredig born ... physical chemist. Pic.


File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]].
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]].
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File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1881: Mathematicians Nikola Tesla and Judge Havelock use [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|new class of data transmission protocols]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1881: Mathematicians Nikola Tesla and Judge Havelock use [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|new class of data transmission protocols]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1894 – Edgar Krahn, Estonian mathematician and academic (d. 1961). Pic.
||1894: Edgar Krahn born ... mathematician and academic.


||1904 – Otto Robert Frisch, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1979)
||1904: Otto Robert Frisch born ... physicist and academic.


||1910 – José Enrique Moyal, Australian physicist and engineer (d. 1998)
||1909: Hans Motz born ...  pioneering work at Stanford University on undulators which led to the development of the wiggler and the free-electron laser. Pic: https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rse34067


||1910 – Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.
||1910: José Enrique Moyal born ... physicist and engineer.


||Wilhelm Dilthey (d. 1 October 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher. Pic.
||1910: Los Angeles Times bombing: A large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building in downtown Los Angeles, killing 21.


||1912 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
||1911: Wilhelm Dilthey dies ... historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher. Pic.


||Roger Godement (b. October 1, 1921) was a French mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.
||1912: Kathleen Ollerenshaw born ... mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester.


||Chiungtze C. Tsen (d. October 1, 1940) was a Chinese mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved Tsen's theorem. Pic.
||1921: Roger Godement born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.


||Robert Ammann (October 1, 1946) was an amateur mathematician who made several significant and groundbreaking contributions to the theory of quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings. Pic.
||1940: Chiungtze C. Tsen dies ... mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved Tsen's theorem. Pic.
 
||1946: Robert Ammann born ... was an amateur mathematician who made several significant and groundbreaking contributions to the theory of quasicrystals and aperiodic tilings. Pic.


File:Dave_Arneson.png|link=Dave Arneson (nonfiction)|1947: Game designer [[Dave Arneson (nonfiction)|Dave Arneson]] born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]] with Gary Gygax.
File:Dave_Arneson.png|link=Dave Arneson (nonfiction)|1947: Game designer [[Dave Arneson (nonfiction)|Dave Arneson]] born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game [[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]] with Gary Gygax.


||1958 – NASA is created to replace NACA.
||1958: NASA is created to replace NACA.


||1961 – The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization.
||1961: The United States Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military espionage organization.


||1969 – Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
||1969: Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.


||1971 – The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London
||1971: The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London


File:Paul Lorenzen.jpg|link=Paul Lorenzen (nonfiction)|1994: Mathematician and philosopher [[Paul Lorenzen (nonfiction)|Paul Lorenzen]] dies. He was the founder of the Erlangen School (with Wilhelm Kamlah) and inventor of game semantics (with Kuno Lorenz).
File:Paul Lorenzen.jpg|link=Paul Lorenzen (nonfiction)|1994: Mathematician and philosopher [[Paul Lorenzen (nonfiction)|Paul Lorenzen]] dies. He was the founder of the Erlangen School (with Wilhelm Kamlah) and inventor of game semantics (with Kuno Lorenz).


||Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert (d. 1 October 1996) was a German mathematician known for his work in topology. Pic.
||1996: Herbert Karl Johannes Seifert dies ... mathematician known for his work in topology. Pic.


File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|2017: Physician, mathematician, and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon publishes ''[[On Halting Problems]]'', about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|2017: Physician, mathematician, and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon publishes ''[[On Halting Problems]]'', about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.

Revision as of 15:25, 21 August 2018

  • 1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.

    1880: First electric lamp factory is opened by Thomas Edison.

  • 1881: Mathematicians Nikola Tesla and Judge Havelock use new class of data transmission protocols to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1881: Mathematicians Nikola Tesla and Judge Havelock use new class of data transmission protocols to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1947: Game designer Dave Arneson born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

    1947: Game designer Dave Arneson born. He will co-create the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax.

  • 1994: Mathematician and philosopher Paul Lorenzen dies. He was the founder of the Erlangen School (with Wilhelm Kamlah) and inventor of game semantics (with Kuno Lorenz).

    1994: Mathematician and philosopher Paul Lorenzen dies. He was the founder of the Erlangen School (with Wilhelm Kamlah) and inventor of game semantics (with Kuno Lorenz).

  • 2017: Physician, mathematician, and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon publishes On Halting Problems, about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.

    2017: Physician, mathematician, and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon publishes On Halting Problems, about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.

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