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||1994: Dmitri Ivanenko dies ... physicist and academic.
||1994: Dmitri Ivanenko dies ... physicist and academic.
||2001: Vladimir Mikhailovich Zakalyukin dies ... mathematician known for his research on singularity theory, differential equations, and optimal control theory. Pic: http://www.cmapx.polytechnique.fr/~boscain/volodia.html


||2011: Ronald Searle dies ... cartoonist.
||2011: Ronald Searle dies ... cartoonist.

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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.

  • 1892: Mathematician Pekka Myrberg born. He will do fundamental work on the iteration of rational functions (especially quadratic functions), developing the concept of period-doubling. Myrberg's research will revive interest in the results of Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou.

    1892: Mathematician Pekka Myrberg born. He will do fundamental work on the iteration of rational functions (especially quadratic functions), developing the concept of period-doubling. Myrberg's research will revive interest in the results of Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou.

  • 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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