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||1660: At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society. | ||1660: At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society. | ||
||1680: Athanasius Kircher dies . | File:Athanasius_Kircher.jpg|link=Athanasius Kircher (nonfiction)|1680: Scholar and polymath [[Athanasius Kircher (nonfiction)|Athanasius Kircher]] dies. He published some 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. | ||
||1682: Valentine Greatrakes dies ... faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of hands. Pic. | ||1682: Valentine Greatrakes dies ... faith healer who toured England in 1666, claiming to cure people by the laying on of hands. Pic. | ||
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File:Boris_Podolsky.jpg|link=Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|1966: Physicist [[Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky]] dies. He worked with [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] and [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] on entangled wave functions and the [[EPR paradox (nonfiction)|EPR paradox]]. | File:Boris_Podolsky.jpg|link=Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|1966: Physicist [[Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky]] dies. He worked with [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] and [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] on entangled wave functions and the [[EPR paradox (nonfiction)|EPR paradox]]. | ||
||1967: The first pulsar known as PSR B1919+21 in the constellation of Vulpecula was discovered by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish. | ||1967: The first pulsar known as PSR B1919+21 in the constellation of Vulpecula was discovered by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish. Pic. | ||
||1969: Elbert Frank Cox dies ... 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 | ||1969: Elbert Frank Cox dies ... 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 | ||
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1607: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Laurentius Paulinus Gothus publishes his landmark study Crimina Astronomicae in Constantibus.
1680: Scholar and polymath Athanasius Kircher dies. He published some 40 major works, most notably in the fields of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.
1757: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake born. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake will later be considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Although Blake will be considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he will be held in high regard by later critics for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work.
1760: First known use of Japanese rod calculus to compute Gnomon algorithm functions.
1908: Anthropologist and ethnologist Claude Lévi-Strauss born. His work will be key in the development of the theory of structuralism and structural anthropology.
1953: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta testifies before the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
1954: Physicist Enrico Fermi dies. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".
1966: Physicist Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky dies. He worked with Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen on entangled wave functions and the EPR paradox.
2018: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
2018: The Moscow cable car hack begins: computers at Moscow Ropeway (MKD), which manages Moscow's re-built cable car line, are infected with ransomware. MKD will stop all operations as soon as it realizes what has happened, bringing all 35 eight-seat cable cars to a halt. There will be no reported injuries, and all cable cars will land safely.