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||12 BC: The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor. | ||12 BC: The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor. Pic. | ||
||1521: Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam. | ||1521: Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam. Pic. | ||
||1558: Luca Gaurico dies ... astrologer. Pic. | ||1558: Luca Gaurico dies ... astrologer. Pic. | ||
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||1683: Camillo-Guarino Guarini dies ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic. | ||1683: Camillo-Guarino Guarini dies ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic. | ||
||1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer born ... His original work was mainly concerned with optics and spectroscopy. In particular he carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. | ||1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer born ... His original work was mainly concerned with optics and spectroscopy. In particular he carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. Pic. | ||
||1841: Marie Alfred Cornu born ... physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | ||1841: Marie Alfred Cornu born ... physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | ||
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1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in high-energy literature experiments spontaneously develops artificial intelligence.
