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||1688: Willem 's Gravesande born ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Pic. | ||1688: Willem 's Gravesande born ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Pic. | ||
||1716: Antoine Parent dies ... mathematician and theorist. No pic online. | ||1716: Antoine Parent dies ... mathematician and theorist. No pic online. | ||
||1731: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1731: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1754: Joseph Louis Proust born ... chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of constant composition in 1794, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions. Pic search | ||1754: Joseph Louis Proust born ... chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of constant composition in 1794, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions. Pic search. | ||
||1766: Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, and Marquis de Toschi dies ... mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals. Pic: book cover. | ||1766: Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, and Marquis de Toschi dies ... mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals. Pic: book cover. | ||
||1775: John Adams writes to his wife to entreat her to teach his children geometry and... "I have seen the Utility of Geometry, Geography, and the Art of drawing so much of late, that I must intreat you, my dear, to teach the Elements of those Sciences to my little Girl and Boys." Pic. | ||1775: John Adams writes to his wife to entreat her to teach his children geometry and... "I have seen the Utility of Geometry, Geography, and the Art of drawing so much of late, that I must intreat you, my dear, to teach the Elements of those Sciences to my little Girl and Boys." Pic. | ||
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||1887: Barnes Wallis born ... scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb. | ||1887: Barnes Wallis born ... scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb. | ||
||1891: Hans Reichenbach born ... philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism: he made lasting contributions to the study of empiricism based on a theory of probability; the logic and the philosophy of mathematics; space, time, and relativity theory; analysis of probabilistic reasoning; and quantum mechanics. | ||1891: Hans Reichenbach born ... philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism: he made lasting contributions to the study of empiricism based on a theory of probability; the logic and the philosophy of mathematics; space, time, and relativity theory; analysis of probabilistic reasoning; and quantum mechanics. Pic. | ||
||1905: George Placzek born ... physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic. | ||1905: George Placzek born ... physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic. | ||
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||1910: Thorvald Nicolai Thiele dies ... astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. | ||1910: Thorvald Nicolai Thiele dies ... astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. | ||
||1933: Charles Cameron Conley born ... mathematician who worked on dynamical systems. Pic search | ||1933: Charles Cameron Conley born ... mathematician who worked on dynamical systems. Pic search. | ||
||1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents. | ||1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents. | ||
||1939: Ottó Bláthy dies ... engineer and chess player ... co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, motor capacitor for the single-phase (AC) electric motor, the turbo generator, and the high-efficiency turbo generator. Pic. | ||1939: Ottó Bláthy dies ... engineer and chess player ... co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, motor capacitor for the single-phase (AC) electric motor, the turbo generator, and the high-efficiency turbo generator. Pic. | ||
||1943: U-536, which had been tasked with picking up the escaping naval officers, arrived off Pointe de Maisonnette at the appointed time. Operation Kiebitz was a failed German operation during World War II to organize the escape of four skilled U-boat commanders from a Canadian prisoner of war camp in Bowmanville, Ontario. The subsequent counter operation by the Royal Canadian Navy, Operation Pointe Maisonnette, became a key engagement in the Battle of the St. Lawrence and was also successful in thwarting the Germans' plan. Pic. | |||
||1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. | ||1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy. | ||
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||1976: Leopold Ružička dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1976: Leopold Ružička dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory. | File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory. | ||
||1978: Manne Siegbahn dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1978: Manne Siegbahn dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1983: Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. | ||1983: Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike. | ||
||1990: Lothar Collatz dies ... mathematician. | ||1990: Lothar Collatz dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1996: Geoffrey Wilkinson dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Pic. | ||1996: Geoffrey Wilkinson dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... who pioneered inorganic chemistry and homogeneous transition metal catalysis. Pic. | ||
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||1999: The Kobe meteorite falls to earth (local time 20:23) in Kita-kum, north of Kobe city, Japan. The meteorite fall was widely observed in Kobe and the surrounding area, and was photographed by an amateur photographer in Imabari city, 200 km southwest of Kobe. The meteorite struck a house with an explosive sound but otherwise caused only minor property damage. The approximately 20 fragments of the meteorite had a total mass of 136 g. | ||1999: The Kobe meteorite falls to earth (local time 20:23) in Kita-kum, north of Kobe city, Japan. The meteorite fall was widely observed in Kobe and the surrounding area, and was photographed by an amateur photographer in Imabari city, 200 km southwest of Kobe. The meteorite struck a house with an explosive sound but otherwise caused only minor property damage. The approximately 20 fragments of the meteorite had a total mass of 136 g. | ||
||2012: Sylvia Fedoruk dies ... physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. | ||2012: Sylvia Fedoruk dies ... physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. Pic. | ||
||2014: Gerald Neugebauer dies ... astronomer and physicist, pioneering work in infrared astronomy. Pic uploaded. | |||
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1687: The Parthenon is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
1868: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius dies. He discovered the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.
1905: Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
1976: Mathematician Pál Turán dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.