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File:The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1873: Newly discovered illustration of [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter]] is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''," says math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]].
File:The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter.jpg|link=The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|1873: Newly discovered illustration of [[The Eel Fighting Neptune Slaughter|The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter]] is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''," says math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]].


||1891: Paul Kogerman born ... chemist and academic.
||1891: Paul Kogerman born ... chemist and academic, founder of modern research in oil shale. Pic.


||1895: Elbert Frank Cox born ... mathematician and academic.
||1895: Elbert Frank Cox born ... mathematician and academic. He was the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Pic. See also: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265229056_Evansville_Honors_the_First_Black_PhD_in_Mathematics_and_His_Family
||1896: Carl Ferdinand Cori born ... biochemist and pharmacologist ... Cori, together with his wife Gerty Cori and Argentine physiologist Bernardo Houssay, received a Nobel Prize in 1947 for their discovery of how glycogen (animal starch) – a derivative of glucose – is broken down and resynthesized in the body, for use as a store and source of energy. Pic.


||1896: Carl Ferdinand Cori born ... biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1901: Walt Disney born ... animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company. Pic.
 
||1901: Walt Disney born ... animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company.


File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.
File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.

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  • 1601: After weeks at of hunting at sea, submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel locates the marine cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter. The resulting battle will permanently drive Neptune Slaughter from Dutch waters, but at the cost of more than half of Drebbel's crew.

    1601: After weeks at of hunting at sea, submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel locates the marine cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter. The resulting battle will permanently drive Neptune Slaughter from Dutch waters, but at the cost of more than half of Drebbel's crew.

  • 1708: Mathematician Seki Takakazu dies. He created a new algebraic notation system and, motivated by astronomical computations, did work on infinitesimal calculus and Diophantine equations. Seki laid foundations for the subsequent development of Japanese mathematics known as wasan; he has been described as "Japan's Newton".

    1708: Mathematician Seki Takakazu dies. He created a new algebraic notation system and, motivated by astronomical computations, did work on infinitesimal calculus and Diophantine equations. Seki laid foundations for the subsequent development of Japanese mathematics known as wasan; he has been described as "Japan's Newton".

  • 1772: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.

    1772: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.

    1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.

  • 1873: Newly discovered illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of Mary Celeste," says math photographer Cantor Parabola.

    1873: Newly discovered illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of Mary Celeste," says math photographer Cantor Parabola.

  • 1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.

    1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.

  • 1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.

    1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.

  • 1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

    1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.

  • 1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.

    1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.

  • 1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.

    1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.

  • 1999: Mathematician Nathan Jacobson dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods.

    1999: Mathematician Nathan Jacobson dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods.

  • 2008: Chemist and composer George Brecht dies. He was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil. Pic (striking).

    2008: Chemist and composer George Brecht dies. He was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil. Pic (striking).

  • 2018: Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer voted Publication of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer voted Publication of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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