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||1617: Bernardino Baldi dies ... mathematician and writer. Pic. | ||1617: Bernardino Baldi dies ... mathematician and writer. Pic. | ||
||1629: Richard Towneley born ... mathematician and astronomer. | ||1629: Richard Towneley born ... mathematician and astronomer. No pics online. | ||
File:Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi.jpg|link=Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|1641: [[Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|Torricelli]] arrives in Arcetri to study with Galileo. ".. postpone his arrival at Arcetri until 10 October 1641. He took up residence in Galileo’s house, where Vincenzo Viviani was already living, and stayed there in close friendship with Galileo until the latter’s death on 8 January 1642. | File:Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi.jpg|link=Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|1641: [[Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|Torricelli]] arrives in Arcetri to study with Galileo. ".. postpone his arrival at Arcetri until 10 October 1641. He took up residence in Galileo’s house, where Vincenzo Viviani was already living, and stayed there in close friendship with Galileo until the latter’s death on 8 January 1642. | ||
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||1979: Christopher Riche Evans dies ... psychologist, computer scientist, and author. Pic: http://www.cdpa.co.uk/Newman/MHAN/view-item.php?Box=3&Folder=4&Item=3&Page=1 | ||1979: Christopher Riche Evans dies ... psychologist, computer scientist, and author. Pic: http://www.cdpa.co.uk/Newman/MHAN/view-item.php?Box=3&Folder=4&Item=3&Page=1 | ||
||1986: Gleb Wataghin dies ... physicist and academic. | ||1986: Gleb Wataghin dies ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
||1988: Juan Pujol García dies ... Spanish citizen who deliberately became a double agent against Nazi Germany during World War II. He relocated to England to carry out fictional spying activities for the Nazis, and was known by the British codename Garbo and the German codename Alaric Arabel. Pic. | ||1988: Juan Pujol García dies ... Spanish citizen who deliberately became a double agent against Nazi Germany during World War II. He relocated to England to carry out fictional spying activities for the Nazis, and was known by the British codename Garbo and the German codename Alaric Arabel. Pic. | ||
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1641: Torricelli arrives in Arcetri to study with Galileo. ".. postpone his arrival at Arcetri until 10 October 1641. He took up residence in Galileo’s house, where Vincenzo Viviani was already living, and stayed there in close friendship with Galileo until the latter’s death on 8 January 1642.
1708: Mathematician and astronomer David Gregory dies. At the Union of 1707, he was given the responsibility of reorganizing the Scottish Mint.
1730: Physicist and crime-fighter Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit uses precision thermometry to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1731: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish born. He will discover "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.
1888: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.
1889: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren born. He will be one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
1943: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta accepts commission with secret military-intelligence program ENIAC.
2016: Crimson Blossom voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.