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File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1759: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] dies. He introduced a successful resolution to the [[St. Petersburg paradox (nonfiction)|St. Petersburg paradox]]. | File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1759: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] dies. He introduced a successful resolution to the [[St. Petersburg paradox (nonfiction)|St. Petersburg paradox]]. | ||
||1781: The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance. | ||1781: The crew of the British slave ship ''Zong'' murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance. | ||
||1803: Christian Doppler born ... mathematician and physicist. | ||1803: Christian Doppler born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic. | ||
||1825: Jean-Martin Charcot born ... neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is best known today for his work on hypnosis and hysteria ... "the founder of modern neurology". Pic. | ||1825: Jean-Martin Charcot born ... neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is best known today for his work on hypnosis and hysteria ... "the founder of modern neurology". Pic. | ||
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||1866: Ernest William Brown born ... mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids. | ||1866: Ernest William Brown born ... mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids. | ||
||1873: Suzan Rose Benedict born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1873: Suzan Rose Benedict born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1877: [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. | File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1877: [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. | ||
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1590: Philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin dies, killed by a fall in attempting to let himself down from the window of his cell. His prolific and versatile genius produced a great variety of works, but his reckless life and libelous letters led to imprisonment.
1646: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala Laurentius Paulinus Gothus dies.
1693: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses Pascaline to detect and prevent an acute outbreak crimes against mathematical constants.
1759: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaus I Bernoulli dies. He introduced a successful resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox.
1849: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming born. He will invent the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube.
1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1878: Allegedly haunted London cholera map stolen by alleged supervillain Abomynous; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies.
1904: John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.
1918: Writer Madeleine L'Engle born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
1924: Composer Giacomo Puccini dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
1955: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test.
2010: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes dies. He pioneered several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins award for Best Reality TV Show.