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||1839: Gaspard de Prony dies ... mathematician and engineer, worked on hydraulics. Pic. | ||1839: Gaspard de Prony dies ... mathematician and engineer, worked on hydraulics. Pic. | ||
||1851: Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. | ||1851: Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. | ||
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||1884: Ralph Austin Bard born ... financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a strategic city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning." Pic. | ||1884: Ralph Austin Bard born ... financier who served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1941–1944, and as Under Secretary, 1944–1945. He is noted for a memorandum he wrote to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson in 1945 urging that Japan be given a warning before the use of the atomic bomb on a strategic city. He was "the only person known to have formally dissented from the use of the atomic bomb without advance warning." Pic. | ||
||1888: Vladimir K. Zworykin born... engineer, invented the Iconoscope. | ||1888: Vladimir K. Zworykin born... engineer, invented the Iconoscope. Pic. | ||
||1898: Isidor Isaac Rabi born ... physicist and academic ... Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens. | ||1898: Isidor Isaac Rabi born ... physicist and academic ... Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens. | ||
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||1905: Dag Hammarskjöld born ... economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld was the youngest person to have held the post, at an age of 47 years upon his appointment. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane (whose cause is still disputed) while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. Pic. | ||1905: Dag Hammarskjöld born ... economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld was the youngest person to have held the post, at an age of 47 years upon his appointment. His second term was cut short when he died in the crash of his DC-6 airplane (whose cause is still disputed) while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis. Pic. | ||
||1910: Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat dies ... biochemist and physician, virology. Pic. | |||
||1923: Edgar Cortright born ... scientist and engineer. Pic. | ||1923: Edgar Cortright born ... scientist and engineer. Pic. | ||
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||1962: Ronald Fisher dies ... statistician and geneticist ... "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science" and "the single most important figure in 20th century statistics". In genetics, his work used mathematics to combine Mendelian genetics and natural selection; this contributed to the revival of Darwinism in the early 20th-century revision of the theory of evolution known as the modern synthesis. For his contributions to biology, Fisher has been called "the greatest of Darwin’s successors". Pic. | ||1962: Ronald Fisher dies ... statistician and geneticist ... "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science" and "the single most important figure in 20th century statistics". In genetics, his work used mathematics to combine Mendelian genetics and natural selection; this contributed to the revival of Darwinism in the early 20th-century revision of the theory of evolution known as the modern synthesis. For his contributions to biology, Fisher has been called "the greatest of Darwin’s successors". Pic. | ||
||1967: A fire breaks out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spills across the flight deck, ignites, and triggers a chain-reaction of explosions that kills 134 sailors and injures 161. Pic. | |||
||1970: Rollo Davidson dies in a mountaineering accident ... probabilist, alpinist, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who died aged 25 on Piz Bernina. He is known for his work on semigroups, stochastic geometry, and stochastic analysis,[1] and for the Rollo Davidson Prize, given in his name to young probabilists. Pic: http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Rollo/ | ||1970: Rollo Davidson dies in a mountaineering accident ... probabilist, alpinist, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who died aged 25 on Piz Bernina. He is known for his work on semigroups, stochastic geometry, and stochastic analysis,[1] and for the Rollo Davidson Prize, given in his name to young probabilists. Pic: http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/Rollo/ | ||
||1976: Mickey Cohen dies ... mob boss. Pic. | |||
File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.jpg|link=Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden|1976: ''[[Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden]]'' "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]]. | File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.jpg|link=Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden|1976: ''[[Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden]]'' "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]]. | ||
||1982: Vladimir K. Zworykin dies ... engineer, invented the Iconoscope. Pic. | |||
||1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi dies ... physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens. Pic. | ||1988: Isidor Isaac Rabi dies ... physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944 for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance, which is used in magnetic resonance imaging. He was also one of the first scientists in the United States to work on the cavity magnetron, which is used in microwave radar and microwave ovens. Pic. | ||
||1990: Arthur | ||1990: Arthur Samuel dies ... pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He coined the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI). He was also a senior member in the TeX community who devoted much time giving personal attention to the needs of users and wrote an early TeX manual in 1983. Pic. | ||
||1994: Dorothy Hodgkin dies ... biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1994: Dorothy Hodgkin dies ... biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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File:Marcel-Paul Schützenberger.jpg|link=Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (nonfiction)|1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine [[Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (nonfiction)|Marcel-Paul Schützenberger]] dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory. | File:Marcel-Paul Schützenberger.jpg|link=Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (nonfiction)|1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine [[Marcel-Paul Schützenberger (nonfiction)|Marcel-Paul Schützenberger]] dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory. | ||
||2001: Wau Holland dies ... computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club. | ||2001: Wau Holland dies ... computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club. Pic. | ||
||2004: Walter Feit dies ... mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory. Pic. | ||2004: Walter Feit dies ... mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory. Pic. | ||
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||2008: Bruce Edward Ivins dies ... scientist and bio-defense researcher. Pic. | ||2008: Bruce Edward Ivins dies ... scientist and bio-defense researcher. Pic. | ||
||2010: Nicolae Popescu dies ... mathematician and Emeritus Professor. Pic search | ||2010: Nicolae Popescu dies ... mathematician and Emeritus Professor. Pic search. | ||
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1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.
1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.
1996: Mathematician and Doctor of Medicine Marcel-Paul Schützenberger dies. Schützenberger contributed to the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory.
