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File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe. | File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe. | ||
||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic. Pic. | ||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic. Pic. | ||
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||1786: Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until 1819 when its orbit was computed by Johann Franz Encke | ||1786: Comet Encke or Encke's Comet (official designation: 2P/Encke) is a periodic comet that completes an orbit of the Sun once every 3.3 years. (This is the shortest period of a reasonably bright comet; the faint main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS has a period of 3.2 years.) Encke was first recorded by Pierre Méchain in 1786, but it was not recognized as a periodic comet until 1819 when its orbit was computed by Johann Franz Encke | ||
||1833: Friedrich Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time. Pic. | ||1833: Friedrich Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time. Pic. | ||
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||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist. Pic. | ||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist. Pic. | ||
||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search. | ||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search. | ||
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||1954: Leonard Eugene Dickson dies ... was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. Pic not Wikipedia. | ||1954: Leonard Eugene Dickson dies ... was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. Pic not Wikipedia. | ||
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]." | File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]." | ||
File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event. | File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event. | ||
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. | File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. | ||
||1975: Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov dies ... mathematician and expert in the field of functional analysis, who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions. Pic. | ||1975: Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov dies ... mathematician and expert in the field of functional analysis, who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions. Pic. | ||
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||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author. Pic. | ||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author. Pic. | ||
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1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.
1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.
1647: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be called "the mother of moon charts".
1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman Benjamin Franklin born.
1834: Physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini dies. Aldini contributed to galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications, the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and the mitigation of the destructive effects of fire.
1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.
1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.
1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."
1965: Extract of Radium opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.
1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.
2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.