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|File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|1122: [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] equations.


||1644 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician (b. 1577)
||1644: Jan Baptist van Helmont dies ... chemist, physiologist, and physician.
 
|File:Vereinigte_Ostindische_Compagnie_bond.jpg|link=transdimensional corporation|1722: Bond, issued by Dutch East India Company in 1623, converted to [[transdimensional corporation]].


File:Osman Hamdi Bey.jpg|link=|link=Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|1842: [[Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|Osman Hamdi Bey]] born.  He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.
File:Osman Hamdi Bey.jpg|link=|link=Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|1842: [[Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|Osman Hamdi Bey]] born.  He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.


||Stanisław Saks (b. December 30, 1897) was a Polish mathematician and university tutor, a member of the Lwów School of Mathematics, known primarily for his membership in the Scottish Café circle, an extensive monograph on the theory of integrals, his works on measure theory and the Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem. Pic.
||1897: Stanisław Saks born ... mathematician and university tutor, a member of the Lwów School of Mathematics, known primarily for his membership in the Scottish Café circle, an extensive monograph on the theory of integrals, his works on measure theory and the Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem. Pic.


||1905 – Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.
||1905: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.


File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1916: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] dies.  
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1916: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] dies.  


||1924 – Yvonne Brill, Canadian-American propulsion engineer (d. 2013) hydrazine resistojet
||1924: Yvonne Brill born ... propulsion engineer ... hydrazine resistojet.


||1934 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and astronomer, co-developed the Hubble Space Telescope (d. 2005) best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
||1934: John N. Bahcall born ... astrophysicist and astronomer ... best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.


||Howell Peregrine (b. 30 December 1938) was a British applied mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially of free surface flows such as water waves, and coastal engineering. Pic.
||1038: Howell Peregrine born ... applied mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially of free surface flows such as water waves, and coastal engineering. Pic.


||1940 – Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878) automobile
||1940: Childe Wills dies ... engineer ... automobile.


File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1947: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] dies. He was a  defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.  
File:Alfred North Whitehead.jpg|link=Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|1947: Mathematician and philosopher [[Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction)|Alfred North Whitehead]] dies. He was a  defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.  

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  • 1842: Osman Hamdi Bey born. He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

    1842: Osman Hamdi Bey born. He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

  • 1916: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin dies.

    1916: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin dies.

  • 1947: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead dies. He was a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.

    1947: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead dies. He was a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.

  • 1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren dies. He was one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

    1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren dies. He was one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

  • 1954: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive day.

    1954: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive day.

  • 1963: Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press wins Pulitzer Award.

    1963: Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press wins Pulitzer Award.

  • 2013: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally dies. He was known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".

    2013: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally dies. He was known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".

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