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||925: Rhazes dies ... polymath. Wik no DOB/DOD. Pic: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101651472-img | ||925: Rhazes dies ... polymath. Wik no DOB/DOD. Pic: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101651472-img | ||
||1564: Andreas Vesalius dies ... anatomist, physician, and author. | ||1564: Andreas Vesalius dies ... anatomist, physician, and author. Pic. | ||
||1589: Jacopo Zabarella dies ... philosopher and logician. Zabarella's work reflects his teaching in the Aristotelian tradition; he devoted much effort to presenting what he considered to be the true meaning of Aristotle's texts. Pic search | ||1589: Jacopo Zabarella dies ... philosopher and logician. Zabarella's work reflects his teaching in the Aristotelian tradition; he devoted much effort to presenting what he considered to be the true meaning of Aristotle's texts. Pic search. | ||
File:Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi.jpg|link=Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|1608: Physicist and mathematician [[Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|Evangelista Torricelli]] born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles. | File:Evangelista Torricelli by Lorenzo Lippi.jpg|link=Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|1608: Physicist and mathematician [[Evangelista Torricelli (nonfiction)|Evangelista Torricelli]] born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles. | ||
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||1745: George Atwood baptized ... mathematician who invented a machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's first law of motion. Pic: https://alchetron.com/George-Atwood | ||1745: George Atwood baptized ... mathematician who invented a machine for illustrating the effects of Newton's first law of motion. Pic: https://alchetron.com/George-Atwood | ||
||1763: Johann Georg Tralles dies ... mathematician and physicist. He discovered the Great Comet of 1819, also known as Comet Tralles in his honor. Pic search | ||1763: Johann Georg Tralles dies ... mathematician and physicist. He discovered the Great Comet of 1819, also known as Comet Tralles in his honor. Pic search. | ||
||1783: The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. Pic. | ||1783: The Montgolfier brothers' hot air balloon (tethered) makes the first human ascent, piloted by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier. Pic. | ||
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File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|link=Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|1894: The Dreyfus affair: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] is arrested for spying. | File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|link=Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|1894: The Dreyfus affair: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] is arrested for spying. | ||
||1907: Maurice (Moritz) Loewy dies ... astronomer. Pic search | ||1907: Maurice (Moritz) Loewy dies ... astronomer. Pic search. | ||
||1909: Bernhard Hermann Neumann born ... mathematician who was a leader in the study of group theory. Pic. | ||1909: Bernhard Hermann Neumann born ... mathematician who was a leader in the study of group theory. Pic. | ||
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File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] calls [[Gene Krupa (nonfiction)|Gene Krupa]] "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation." | File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] calls [[Gene Krupa (nonfiction)|Gene Krupa]] "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation." | ||
||1946: Arthur James Arnot born ... electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station, Victoria. Pic search | ||1946: Arthur James Arnot born ... electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station, Victoria. Pic search. | ||
||1951: Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. Pic. | ||1951: Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. Pic. | ||
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||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. Pic. | ||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. Pic. | ||
||1990: Wilhelm Magnus dies ... mathematician. He made important contributions in combinatorial group theory, Lie algebras, mathematical physics, elliptic functions, and the study of tessellations. Pic search | ||1990: Wilhelm Magnus dies ... mathematician. He made important contributions in combinatorial group theory, Lie algebras, mathematical physics, elliptic functions, and the study of tessellations. Pic search. | ||
||1997: The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | ||1997: The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn. | ||
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||2003: China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. | ||2003: China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission. | ||
||2012: Maria Petrou dies ... computer scientist and academic. Pic search | ||2012: Maria Petrou dies ... computer scientist and academic. Pic search. | ||
File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pink City (nonfiction)|Pink City]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Pink City.jpg|link=Pink City (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Pink City (nonfiction)|Pink City]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
Revision as of 02:27, 15 October 2020
1608: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles.
1609: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei discovers secret math crime gang in the Vatican, vows to "see them all hang."
1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks for the second time, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military.
1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein calls Gene Krupa "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation."
1965: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of Georg Cantor.
2015: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.