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||1800: Johann Georg Büsch dies ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. Pic.
||1800: Johann Georg Büsch dies ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. Pic.


||1802: Niels Henrik Abel born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic.
File:Niels_Henrik_Abel.jpg|link=Niels Henrik Abel (nonfiction)|1802: Mathematician and theorist [[Niels Henrik Abel (nonfiction)|Niels Henrik Abel]] born. Abel will make pioneering contributions in a variety of fields, including the discovery of Abelian functions, and the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.


File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1816: The British Admiralty dismisses [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]]'s new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1816: The British Admiralty dismisses [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]]'s new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

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  • 1802: Mathematician and theorist Niels Henrik Abel born. Abel will make pioneering contributions in a variety of fields, including the discovery of Abelian functions, and the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

    1802: Mathematician and theorist Niels Henrik Abel born. Abel will make pioneering contributions in a variety of fields, including the discovery of Abelian functions, and the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

  • 1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

    1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

  • 1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

    1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

  • 1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

    1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

  • 1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

    1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

  • 1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

    1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

  • 1994: Cryptanalyst and mathematician Solomon Kullback dies. Krullback began his career with the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s; when the National Security Agency (NSA) was formed in 1952, Rowlett become chief of cryptanalysis, overseeing the research and development of computerized cryptanalysis.

    1994: Cryptanalyst and mathematician Solomon Kullback dies. Krullback began his career with the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s; when the National Security Agency (NSA) was formed in 1952, Rowlett become chief of cryptanalysis, overseeing the research and development of computerized cryptanalysis.

  • 2018: Creature 3 voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Creature 3 voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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