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||1824: Johann Wilhelm Hittorf born ... physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany. Hittorf was the first to compute the electricity-carrying capacity of charged atoms and molecules (ions), an important factor in understanding electrochemical reactions. He formulated ion transport numbers and the first method for their measurements. Pic. | ||1824: Johann Wilhelm Hittorf born ... physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany. Hittorf was the first to compute the electricity-carrying capacity of charged atoms and molecules (ions), an important factor in understanding electrochemical reactions. He formulated ion transport numbers and the first method for their measurements. Pic. | ||
||1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. | ||1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. | ||
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||1884: A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse. | ||1884: A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse. | ||
||1886: Nigel de Grey CMG OBE (27 March 1886 – 25 May 1951) was a British codebreaker. Son of the rector of Copdock, Suffolk, and grandson of the 5th Lord Walsingham, he was educated at Eton College and became fluent in French and German. In 1907 he joined the publishing firm of William Heinemann. As he was shy and physically small, a colleague labelled him "the dormouse". Pic. | |||
||1888: The Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno dies ... priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Pic. | ||1888: The Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno dies ... priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Pic. | ||
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||1924: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum dies ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic (tried), but visit library, try harder, she is interesting. | ||1924: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum dies ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic (tried), but visit library, try harder, she is interesting. | ||
||1929: Samuil Shatunovsky dies ... mathematician. He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic. | |||
||1945: Vincent Hugo Bendix dies ... engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation. | ||1945: Vincent Hugo Bendix dies ... engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation. | ||
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||1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. | ||1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. | ||
||1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool!). | ||
File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
1923: Chemist and physicist James Dewar dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.
1925: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
1975: Statistician George E. P. Box publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2011: Artist George Tooker dies. His paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.