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||126: Roman Emperor Pertinax born. Pic (possible statue). | |||
||1557: Olaus Magnus dies ... archbishop, historian, and cartographer. | ||1557: Olaus Magnus dies ... archbishop, historian, and cartographer. DOB unknown; use date of Archbishoprich. No pics, none (but see cool associated pics, e.g. Dwarves fighting Cranes). | ||
||1767: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished drawing what some describe as "the world's longest straight line." Actually two straight lines, it forms parts of the boundaries between the U.S. states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. | ||1767: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished drawing what some describe as "the world's longest straight line." Actually two straight lines, it forms parts of the boundaries between the U.S. states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. | ||
||1796: Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche dies ... astronomer, best known for his observations of the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. | ||1796: Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche dies ... astronomer, best known for his observations of the transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769. Pic. | ||
File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1774: British scientist [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. | File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1774: British scientist [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. | ||
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||1795: Clas Bjerkander dies ... meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist. | ||1795: Clas Bjerkander dies ... meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist. | ||
File:Maria Mitchell.jpg|link=Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|1819: Astronomer and academic [[Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|Maria Mitchell]] born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer. | File:Maria Mitchell.jpg|link=Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|1819: Astronomer and academic [[Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|Maria Mitchell]] born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer. | ||
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||1861: Ivar Otto Bendixson born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1861: Ivar Otto Bendixson born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1881: Otto Toeplitz dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | |||
|| | ||1894: Kurt Wintgens born ... German World War I fighter ace. He was the first military fighter pilot to score a victory over an opposing aircraft, while piloting an aircraft armed with a synchronized machine gun. Pic. | ||
||1885: George de Hevesy born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1885: George de Hevesy born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||
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||1896: William Robert Grove dies ... judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell. Pic. | ||1896: William Robert Grove dies ... judge and physical scientist. He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a pioneer of fuel cell technology. He invented the Grove voltaic cell. Pic. | ||
||1905: Helen Sawyer Hogg born ... astronomer and academic, noted for pioneering research into globular clusters and variable stars. Pic (plaque), pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=helen+sawyer+hogg | |||
||1922: Donát Bánki dies ... engineer. | ||1922: Donát Bánki dies ... engineer. | ||
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||1933: Pierre Gabriel born ... mathematician and academic. He worked on category theory, algebraic groups, and representation theory of algebras. Pic: http://www.pierre-peter-gabriel-mathematics.ch/biography/ | ||1933: Pierre Gabriel born ... mathematician and academic. He worked on category theory, algebraic groups, and representation theory of algebras. Pic: http://www.pierre-peter-gabriel-mathematics.ch/biography/ | ||
1934: Sige-Yuki Kuroda born ... S.-Y. Kuroda, was Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. Although a pioneer in the application of Chomskyan generative syntax to the Japanese language, he is known for the broad range of his work across the language sciences. For instance, in formal language theory, the Kuroda normal form for context-sensitive grammars bears his name. Pic. | 1934: Sige-Yuki Kuroda born ... S.-Y. Kuroda, was Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. Although a pioneer in the application of Chomskyan generative syntax to the Japanese language, he is known for the broad range of his work across the language sciences. For instance, in formal language theory, the Kuroda normal form for context-sensitive grammars bears his name. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=S.-Y.+Kuroda | ||
||1944: Start of MARK series of computers: The MARK I computer began operation at Harvard University. The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator was an electro-mechanical computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I | ||1944: Start of MARK series of computers: The MARK I computer began operation at Harvard University. The IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator was an electro-mechanical computer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I | ||
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||1961: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. | ||1961: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization. | ||
||1967: Richard Kuhn dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate. | ||1967: Richard Kuhn dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate. Pic. | ||
||1972: Erwin Madelung dies ... physicist ... specializing in crystal structure, and eventually became a professor. It was during this time he developed the Madelung constant, which characterizes the net electrostatic effects of all ions in a crystal lattice, and is used to determine the energy of one ion. | ||1972: Erwin Madelung dies ... physicist ... specializing in crystal structure, and eventually became a professor. It was during this time he developed the Madelung constant, which characterizes the net electrostatic effects of all ions in a crystal lattice, and is used to determine the energy of one ion. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=erwin+madelung | ||
File:Gary_Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1977: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]] dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears. | File:Gary_Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1977: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]] dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears. | ||
||1984: Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England. | ||1984: Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England. | ||
||1996: Tadeusz Reichstein dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1996: Tadeusz Reichstein dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2004: Philip Abelson dies ... physicist and author. Pic. | |||
||2004: Philip Abelson dies ... physicist and author. | |||
||2007: Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145. | ||2007: Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed (pictured), killing 13 people and injuring 145. | ||
||2015: Bernard d'Espagnat dies ... theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Pic: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16769-concept-of-hypercosmic-god-wins-templeton-prize/ | ||2015: Bernard d'Espagnat dies ... theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Pic: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16769-concept-of-hypercosmic-god-wins-templeton-prize/ | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:58, 7 February 2022
1774: British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1819: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
1977: Francis Gary Powers dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.