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||1895: James Dwight Dana dies ... geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world. Pic.
||1895: James Dwight Dana dies ... geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continents and oceans around the world. Pic.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1898: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.


File:Gabriel Sudan 1932.jpg|link=Gabriel Sudan (nonfiction)|1899: Mathematician [[Gabriel Sudan (nonfiction)|Gabriel Sudan]] born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.
File:Gabriel Sudan 1932.jpg|link=Gabriel Sudan (nonfiction)|1899: Mathematician [[Gabriel Sudan (nonfiction)|Gabriel Sudan]] born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.


||1900: The Exposition Universelle begins.
File:Exposition_Universelle_de_Paris_(1889).jpg|link=Exposition Universelle (1889) (nonfiction)|1900: The ''[[Exposition Universelle (1889) (nonfiction)|Exposition Universelle]]'' begins in Paris, France.


||1905: Otto Wilhelm von Struve dies ... astronomer. Together with his father, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve is considered a prominent 19th century astronomer who headed the Pulkovo Observatory between 1862 and 1889 and was a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pic.
||1905: Otto Wilhelm von Struve dies ... astronomer. Together with his father, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Otto Wilhelm von Struve is considered a prominent 19th century astronomer who headed the Pulkovo Observatory between 1862 and 1889 and was a leading member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Pic.

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  • 1126: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.

    1126: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) born. He will write on logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, theology, Islamic jurisprudence, psychology, politics, music theory, geography, mathematics, and the mediæval sciences of medicine, astronomy, physics, and celestial mechanics.

  • 1477: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci accepts commission to build a mechanical soldier powered by time crystals.

    1477: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci accepts commission to build a mechanical soldier powered by time crystals.

  • 1527: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius born. Ortelius will create the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He will also be one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

    1527: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius born. Ortelius will create the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He will also be one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

  • 1629: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens born. He will be a leading scientist of his time.

    1629: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens born. He will be a leading scientist of his time.

  • 1659: Proposals to flood the Sistine chapel "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes Christiaan Huygens in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.

    1659: Proposals to flood the Sistine chapel "are equally useless to Science and Art alike," writes Christiaan Huygens in a private letter to Pope Alexander VII.

  • 1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and APTO field engineer Peder Horrebow uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

    1750: Astronomer, mathematician, and APTO field engineer Peder Horrebow uses the Horrebow-Talcott method to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

  • 1882: Physicist and philosopher Moritz Schlick born.

    1882: Physicist and philosopher Moritz Schlick born.

  • 1890: Physicist and APTO field engineer Johannes Bosscha Jr. publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

    1890: Physicist and APTO field engineer Johannes Bosscha Jr. publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 1894: The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

    1894: The first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.

  • 1899: Mathematician Gabriel Sudan born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.

    1899: Mathematician Gabriel Sudan born. He will discover the Sudan function, an important example in the theory of computation, similar to the Ackermann function.

  • 1900: The Exposition Universelle begins in Paris, France.

    1900: The Exposition Universelle begins in Paris, France.

  • 1934: Author and alleged time-traveller John Brunner uses Lee and Turner scrying engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

    1934: Author and alleged time-traveller John Brunner uses Lee and Turner scrying engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1935: Mathematician Emmy Noether dies. She made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

    1935: Mathematician Emmy Noether dies. She made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

  • 1964: Mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva dies. She contributed to statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics, and to mathematical education in the Netherlands.

    1964: Mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva dies. She contributed to statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics, and to mathematical education in the Netherlands.

  • 2018: Golden Spiral is declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Golden Spiral is declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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