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|File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1817: Statistician, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] publishes his monumental study of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
|File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1817: Statistician, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] publishes his monumental study of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Alfredo Capelli (b. 5 August 1855) was an Italian mathematician who discovered Capelli's identity.
||1855: Alfredo Capelli born ... mathematician who discovered Capelli's identity.


||Johannes Max Brückner (b. 5 August 1860) was a German geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models.
||1860: Johannes Max Brückner born ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models.


||1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
||1894: Ludwik Hirszfeld born ... microbiologist and serologist. He is considered a co-discoverer of the inheritance of ABO blood types. Pic.
 
||1888: Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.


File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1901: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1901: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.


||Ettore Majorana (born on 5 August 1906) was an Italian theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.  
||1906: Ettore Majorana born ... theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.  


File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] dies.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] dies.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.


||Konrad Dannenberg (b. August 5, 1912) was a German-American rocket pioneer and member of the German rocket team brought to the United States after World War II. Pic.
||1912: Konrad Dannenberg born ... rocket pioneer and member of the German rocket team brought to the United States after World War II. Pic.


File:LED_Traffic_Light.jpg|link=Traffic light (nonfiction)|1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric [[Traffic light (nonfiction)|traffic light]] is installed.
File:LED_Traffic_Light.jpg|link=Traffic light (nonfiction)|1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric [[Traffic light (nonfiction)|traffic light]] is installed.
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File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  born.  His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  born.  His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.


||1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
||1926: Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.


||1930: Neil Armstrong born ... astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon (20 Jul 1969, Apollo 11). He served as a Navy pilot during the Korean War, then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which became NASA), as a civilian test pilot. In 1962, he was the first civilian to enter the astronaut-training program. He gained experience as command pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, which accomplished the first physical joining of two orbiting spacecraft. Later he was commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. From 1971, he worked as professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He was a member of the commission that investigated the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Pic.
||1930: Neil Armstrong born ... astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon (20 Jul 1969, Apollo 11). He served as a Navy pilot during the Korean War, then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which became NASA), as a civilian test pilot. In 1962, he was the first civilian to enter the astronaut-training program. He gained experience as command pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, which accomplished the first physical joining of two orbiting spacecraft. Later he was commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. From 1971, he worked as professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He was a member of the commission that investigated the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Pic.


||1952 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917).  Assassination?
||1952: Sameera Moussa dies; assassinated? physicist and academic  


||1957 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
||1957: Heinrich Otto Wieland dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
||1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

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  • 1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

    1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

  • 1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

    1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

  • 1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

    1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

  • 1921: New version of Bernoulli family tree powered by cellular automata.

    1921: New version of Bernoulli family tree powered by cellular automata.

  • 1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

    1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

  • 1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

    1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

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