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||1737: Antonio Stradivari dies ... instrument maker.
||1737: Antonio Stradivari dies ... instrument maker.


||Jan Evangelista Purkyně (17 or 18 December 1787) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Pic.
||1787: Jan Evangelista Purkyně born ... anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Pic.


||1793 – Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.
||1793: Surrender of the frigate La Lutine by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed HMS Lutine, she later becomes a famous treasure wreck.


||Bernard Bolzano (/bɒlˈtsɑːnoʊ/; German: [bɔlˈtsaːno]; born Bernardus Placidus Johann Nepomuk Bolzano; d. 18 December 1848) was a Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his antimilitarist views.
||1848: Bernard Bolzano dies ... mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest of Italian extraction, also known for his antimilitarist views.


File:Jean-Étienne Montucla.jpg|link=Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|1799: Mathematician and theorist [[Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|Jean-Étienne Montucla]] dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of ''Histoire des Mathématiques'', the first part appearing in 1758.
File:Jean-Étienne Montucla.jpg|link=Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|1799: Mathematician and theorist [[Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|Jean-Étienne Montucla]] dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of ''Histoire des Mathématiques'', the first part appearing in 1758.
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File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1856: Physicist and academic [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.
File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1856: Physicist and academic [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.


||1865 – US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
||1865: US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.


||1880 – Michel Chasles, French mathematician and academic (b. 1793)
||1880: Michel Chasles dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Earle C. Anthony (b. 1880) was an American businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.
||1880: Earle C. Anthony born ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.


||Sir Charles Galton Darwin (b. 18 December 1887) was an English physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.[2] He was the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin.
||1887: Charles Galton Darwin born ... physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.[2] He was the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin.


||1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong born ... engineer, invented FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
||1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong born ... engineer, invented FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
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File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched.


||File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and reverse [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1966: Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
 
||1966 – Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.


File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Pao-Lu Hsu (d. December 18, 1970) was a Chinese mathematician noted for his work in probability theory and statistics. Pic.
||1970: Pao-Lu Hsu dies ... mathematician noted for his work in probability theory and statistics. Pic.
 
||1972 – Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.


||1973 – Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.
||1972: Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.


||1973 – The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
||1973: Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union.


|File:Hexahedron.jpg|link=Cube (nonfiction)|1976: [[Cube (nonfiction)|Cube]] delivers lecture on [[Geometry (nonfiction)|geometry]].
||1973: The Islamic Development Bank is founded.


||1981 – First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
||1981: First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.


||1991: Mathematician Richard Hubert Bruck dies. He is best known for his work in the field of algebra, especially in its relation to projective geometry and combinatorics. Pic. https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-H-Bruck/6000000002207390570
||1991: Mathematician Richard Hubert Bruck dies. He is best known for his work in the field of algebra, especially in its relation to projective geometry and combinatorics. Pic. https://www.geni.com/people/Richard-H-Bruck/6000000002207390570


||Jean Kuntzmann (d. 18 December 1992) was a French mathematician, known for his works in applied mathematics and computer science, pushing and developing both fields at a very early time. Kuntzmann earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris under supervision of Georges Valiron (thesis: Contribution à l'étude des systèmes multiformes).
||1992: Jean Kuntzmann dies ... mathematician, known for his works in applied mathematics and computer science, pushing and developing both fields at a very early time. Kuntzmann earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris under supervision of Georges Valiron (thesis: Contribution à l'étude des systèmes multiformes).


||1994 – Roger Apéry, Greek-French mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
||1994: Roger Apéry dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic: Roger Apéry


File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies.  He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies.  He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
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File:Konrad Zuse (1992).jpg|link=Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist [[Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|Konrad Zuse]] dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.
File:Konrad Zuse (1992).jpg|link=Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist [[Konrad Zuse (nonfiction)|Konrad Zuse]] dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.


||1996 – Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904)
||1996: Yulii Borisovich Khariton dies ... physicist and academic.


||Edwin Evariste Moise (d. December 18, 1998) was an American mathematician and mathematics education reformer. Pic.
||1998: Edwin Evariste Moise dies ... mathematician and mathematics education reformer. Pic.


||1999 – NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
||1999: NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.


||Bertha Swirles, Lady Jeffreys (d. 18 December 1999) was a British physicist who carried out research on quantum theory.
||1999: Bertha Swirlesdies ... physicist who carried out research on quantum theory.


||Dennis William Siahou Sciama, FRS (d. 18/19 December 1999) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
||1999: Dennis William Siahou Sciama dies ... physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.


File:Arnold's cat map.png|link=Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|2000: [[Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|Arnold's cat map]] is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]].
File:Arnold's cat map.png|link=Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|2000: [[Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|Arnold's cat map]] is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]].


||2005 dies: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky was a Soviet Russian aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.
||2005: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky dies ... aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.


||2006 – Joseph Barbera, American animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1911)
||2006: Joseph Barbera dies ... animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera.


||2008 – Mark Felt, American FBI agent and informant (b. 1913)
||2008: Mark Felt dies ... FBI agent and informant.


||Max Jammer (born Moshe Jammer) (d. December 18, 2010), was an Israeli physicist and philosopher of physics. Pic.
||2010: Max Jammer dies ... physicist and philosopher of physics. Pic.


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  • 1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

    1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

  • 1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

    1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

  • 1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

    1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

  • 1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "math-crimes complex."

    1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "math-crimes complex."

  • 1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

    1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

  • 1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

    1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

  • 1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

    1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

  • 2000: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.

    2000: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.

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