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||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. | ||
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||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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||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. | ||
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||2014: Gerald Neugebauer dies ... astronomer and physicist, pioneering work in infrared astronomy. Pic uploaded. | ||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.