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||1903: Hermann Oestrich born ... engineer. He was involved in the development of jet engines as an employee of BMW and later of SNECMA. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Hermann+Oestrich | ||1903: Hermann Oestrich born ... engineer. He was involved in the development of jet engines as an employee of BMW and later of SNECMA. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Hermann+Oestrich | ||
||1905: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. | ||1905: Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell. Pic. | ||
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1916: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] dies. | File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1916: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] dies. | ||
||1924: Yvonne Brill born ... propulsion engineer ... hydrazine resistojet. | ||1924: Yvonne Brill born ... propulsion engineer ... hydrazine resistojet. Pic. | ||
||1934: John N. Bahcall born ... astrophysicist and astronomer ... best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. | ||1934: John N. Bahcall born ... astrophysicist and astronomer ... best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Space Telescope, and for his leadership and development of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Pic. | ||
||1938: Howell Peregrine born ... applied mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially of free surface flows such as water waves, and coastal engineering. Pic. | ||1938: Howell Peregrine born ... applied mathematician noted for his contributions to fluid mechanics, especially of free surface flows such as water waves, and coastal engineering. Pic. | ||
||1940: Childe Wills dies ... engineer ... | ||1940: Childe Wills dies ... engineer ... chief contributor to the design of the Model T. Pic. | ||
||1941: Andrew Alexander Ranicki born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. More: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/surgery/bio.htm Pic. | ||1941: Andrew Alexander Ranicki born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. More: https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/surgery/bio.htm Pic. | ||
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1563: Mathematician, fencer, and APTO field engineer Ludolph van Ceulen publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1842: Osman Hamdi Bey born. He will be an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.
1892: Mathematician Pekka Myrberg born. He will do fundamental work on the iteration of rational functions (especially quadratic functions), developing the concept of period-doubling. Myrberg's research will revive interest in the results of Gaston Julia and Pierre Fatou.
1916: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin dies.
1947: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead dies. He was a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.
1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren dies. He was one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.
1954: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive day.
1963: Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press wins Pulitzer Award.
2013: Mathematician and academic Paul Sally dies. He was known as "a legendary math professor at the University of Chicago".
2016: Eye Foot is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.