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File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | ||
||1843: Grove Karl Gilbert born ... geologist and academic ... geomorphology, planetary science. Gilbert is considered one of the giants of the sub-discipline of geomorphology, having contributed to the understanding of landscape evolution, erosion, river incision and sedimentation. Gilbert was a planetary science pioneer, correctly identifying lunar craters as caused by impacts, and carrying out early impact-cratering experiments. | ||1843: Grove Karl Gilbert born ... geologist and academic ... geomorphology, planetary science. Gilbert is considered one of the giants of the sub-discipline of geomorphology, having contributed to the understanding of landscape evolution, erosion, river incision and sedimentation. Gilbert was a planetary science pioneer, correctly identifying lunar craters as caused by impacts, and carrying out early impact-cratering experiments. He coined the term sculpture for a pattern of radial ridges surrounding Mare Imbrium on the moon, and correctly interpreted them in 1893 as ejecta from a giant impact. Pic. | ||
||1848: Henry Edward Armstrong born ... chemist and academic. Although Armstrong was active in many areas of scientific research, such as the chemistry of naphthalene derivatives, he is remembered today largely for his ideas and work on the teaching of science. Pic. | ||1848: Henry Edward Armstrong born ... chemist and academic. Although Armstrong was active in many areas of scientific research, such as the chemistry of naphthalene derivatives, he is remembered today largely for his ideas and work on the teaching of science. Pic. | ||
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||1904: Alexander William Williamson born ... chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. Pic. | ||1904: Alexander William Williamson born ... chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. Pic. | ||
||1904: Moshé | ||1904: Moshé Feldenkrais born ... engineer and the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, which is claimed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness through movement. Pic with skeleton. | ||
||1906: André Weil born ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||1906: André Weil born ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||
||1912: Paul Fitts born ... psychologist ... He developed a model of human movement, Fitts's law, based on rapid, aimed movement, which went on to become one of the most highly successful and well studied mathematical models of human motion. By focusing his attention on human factors during his time as Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, Fitts became known as one of the pioneers in improving aviation safety. Pic search | ||1912: Paul Fitts born ... psychologist ... He developed a model of human movement, Fitts's law, based on rapid, aimed movement, which went on to become one of the most highly successful and well studied mathematical models of human motion. By focusing his attention on human factors during his time as Lieutenant Colonel in the US Air Force, Fitts became known as one of the pioneers in improving aviation safety. Pic search. | ||
||1915: Ronald Samuel Rivlin born ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||1915: Ronald Samuel Rivlin born ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||
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||2009: William Wesley Peterson dies ... mathematician and computer scientist. He was best known for designing the cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Pic. | ||2009: William Wesley Peterson dies ... mathematician and computer scientist. He was best known for designing the cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Pic. | ||
||1910: The May 6, 2010, flash crash, also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar[3] stock market crash, which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. Pic: graph. | |||
||2014: William H. Dana dies ... pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) | ||2014: William H. Dana dies ... pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) | ||
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1648: APTO field agents publish "Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files". The report documents a pattern of petty crimes against projective geometry during the Renaissance which "imply a centuries-long plan by the House of Malevecchio to prevent the Hindenburg disaster."
1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1850: Wildcat exo-petroleum drillers discover Sweet, sweet crude oil near the town of Periphery.
1872: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Willem de Sitter born. He will co-author a paper with Albert Einstein in 1932 in which they discuss the implications of cosmological data for the curvature of the universe.
1875: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1895: Mathematician and academic Júlio César de Mello e Souza born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
1936: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming Hindenburg disaster.
1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."
1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
1978: Optical fiber is first used to commit crimes against light.
2017: Blue City Sunset voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
