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File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1562: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]].
File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1562: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]].


||André Tacquet (b. 23 June 1612) was a Brabantian mathematician and Jesuit priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of indivisibles. Pic: book cover.
||1612: André Tacquet born ... mathematician and Jesuit priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of indivisibles. Pic: book cover.


||Giambattista Vico (b. 23 June 1668) was an Italian political philosopher and rhetorician, historian and jurist, of the Age of Enlightenment. He criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism, was an apologist for Classical Antiquity, a precursor of systematic and complex thought, in opposition to Cartesian analysis and other types of reductionism, and was the first expositor of the fundamentals of social science. Pic.
||1668: Giambattista Vico born ... political philosopher and rhetorician, historian and jurist, of the Age of Enlightenment. He criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism, was an apologist for Classical Antiquity, a precursor of systematic and complex thought, in opposition to Cartesian analysis and other types of reductionism, and was the first expositor of the fundamentals of social science. Pic.


||Thomas Jones (b. 23 June 1756) was Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. Pic.
||1756: Thomas Jones born ... Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. Pic.


||1832 – Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, Scottish geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761). No pic.
||1832: James Hall dies ... geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761). No pic.


||1843 – Paul Heinrich von Groth, German scientist (d. 1927). Pic.
||1843: Paul Heinrich von Groth born ... scientist. Pic.


||1868 – Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer." Pic.
||1868: Typewriter: Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer." Pic.


||1891 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (b. 1804). Pic.
||1891: Wilhelm Eduard Weber dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.


||Norman Robert Pogson, CIE (23 March 1829 – 23 June 1891) was an English astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical scale of stellar magnitudes with the ratio of two successive magnitudes being the fifth root of one hundred (~2.512) and referred to as Pogson's ratio. Pic.
||1891: Norman Robert Pogson dies ... astronomer who worked in India at the Madras observatory. He discovered several minor planets and made observations on comets. He introduced a mathematical scale of stellar magnitudes with the ratio of two successive magnitudes being the fifth root of one hundred (~2.512) and referred to as Pogson's ratio. Pic.


File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]].
File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]].
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File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1913: While [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|testing new data transmission protocols]], Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] containing a description of what will later be known as a [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1913: While [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|testing new data transmission protocols]], Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] containing a description of what will later be known as a [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]].


||1915 – Frances Gabe, American artist and inventor (d. 2016);  self-cleaning house.  No pic.
||1915: Frances Gabe born ... artist and inventor ... self-cleaning house.  No pic.


||1926 – Lawson Soulsby, Baron Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, English microbiologist and parasitologist (d. 2017). Pic.
||1926: Lawson Soulsby born ... microbiologist and parasitologist. Pic.


||Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (b. 23 June 1941) was a historian of mathematics and logic. Pic.
||1941: Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness born ... historian of mathematics and logic. Pic.


File:Klaus Fuchs.jpg|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Klaus Fuchs]] is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
File:Klaus Fuchs.jpg|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Klaus Fuchs]] is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.


||Boris Vian (b. 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Pic.
||1959: Boris Vian born ... polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Pic.


||1969 – IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
||1969: IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.


||1995 – Jonas Salk, American biologist and physician (b. 1914). Pic.
||1995: Jonas Salk dies ... biologist and physician. Pic.


||Kurt Leichtweiss (d. June 23, 2013) was a mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry. Pic.
||2013: Kurt Leichtweiss dies ... mathematician specializing in convex and differential geometry. Pic.


||Joachim "Jim" Lambek (d. 23 June 2014) was Peter Redpath Emeritus Professor of Pure Mathematics. Pic.
||2014: Mathematician and academic Joachim "Jim" Lambek dies. Pic.


File:Stardust.jpg|link=Stardust (image) (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Stardust (image) (nonfiction)|Stardust]]'' used in [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].
File:Stardust.jpg|link=Stardust (image) (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Stardust (image) (nonfiction)|Stardust]]'' used in [[high-energy literature]] experiment unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].


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  • 1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1562: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for Alan Turing.

    1562: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for Alan Turing.

  • 1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

    1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

  • 1913: While testing new data transmission protocols, Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from Alan Turing containing a description of what will later be known as a Turing machine.

    1913: While testing new data transmission protocols, Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from Alan Turing containing a description of what will later be known as a Turing machine.

  • 1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

    1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

    1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Stardust used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    2016: Signed first edition of Stardust used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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