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||1822: Johann Georg Tralles dies ... mathematician and physicist. He discovered the Great Comet of 1819, also known as Comet Tralles in his honor. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Johann+Georg+Tralles | ||1822: Johann Georg Tralles dies ... mathematician and physicist. He discovered the Great Comet of 1819, also known as Comet Tralles in his honor. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Johann+Georg+Tralles | ||
||1833: Wilhelm Dilthey born ... historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher. Pic. | ||1833: Wilhelm Dilthey born ... historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher. Pic. | ||
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||1894: Heinz Hopf born ... mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry. Pic. | ||1894: Heinz Hopf born ... mathematician who worked on the fields of topology and geometry. Pic. | ||
||1898: Arthur R. von Hippel born ... physicist and academic. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=arthur+r.+von+hippel | ||1898: Arthur R. von Hippel born ... physicist and academic. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=arthur+r.+von+hippel | ||
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||1901: Nina Bari born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||1901: Nina Bari born ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1907: Horace Barker born ...biochemist and microbiologist who studied the operation of biological and chemical processes in plants, humans and other animals, including using radioactive tracers to determine the role enzymes play in synthesizing sucrose, and identifying an active form of Vitamin B12. Pic search | ||1907: Horace Barker born ...biochemist and microbiologist who studied the operation of biological and chemical processes in plants, humans and other animals, including using radioactive tracers to determine the role enzymes play in synthesizing sucrose, and identifying an active form of Vitamin B12. Pic search. | ||
||1912: Wilhelm Fiedler dies ... mathematician, known for his textbooks of geometry and his contributions to descriptive geometry. Pic. | ||1912: Wilhelm Fiedler dies ... mathematician, known for his textbooks of geometry and his contributions to descriptive geometry. Pic. | ||
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||1973: Nim Chimpsky born ... chimpanzee that was the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition (codenamed 6.001) at Columbia University. Pic. | ||1973: Nim Chimpsky born ... chimpanzee that was the subject of an extended study of animal language acquisition (codenamed 6.001) at Columbia University. Pic. | ||
||1975: Tokushichi Mishima dies ... metallurgist. He discovered that aluminum restored magnetism to non-magnetic nickel steel. He invented MKM steel, which was an extremely inexpensive magnetic substance that has been used in many applications. It is also closely related to the modern Alnico magnets. Pic. | |||
||1979: Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. | ||1979: Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran. | ||
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||1990: Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov dies ... physicist who is known for his discovery of the spontaneous fission and his contribution towards the physics of thermal reactions. Pic (stamp). | ||1990: Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov dies ... physicist who is known for his discovery of the spontaneous fission and his contribution towards the physics of thermal reactions. Pic (stamp). | ||
||199: Grace Bates dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search maybe | ||199: Grace Bates dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search maybe. | ||
||1998: Ted Fujita dies ... meteorologist (storms researcher) and academic. Pic. | ||1998: Ted Fujita dies ... meteorologist (storms researcher) and academic. Pic. | ||
||1999: Yvette Cauchois diesn ... physicist known for her contributions to x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray optics, and for pioneering European synchrotron research. Pic search | ||1999: Yvette Cauchois diesn ... physicist known for her contributions to x-ray spectroscopy and x-ray optics, and for pioneering European synchrotron research. Pic search. | ||
||1999: Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. | ||1999: Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft. | ||
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||2004: John Vane dies ... pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||2004: John Vane dies ... pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2007: Michel André Kervaire dies ... mathematician who made significant contributions to topology and algebra. He introduced the Kervaire semi-characteristic. Pic search | ||2007: Michel André Kervaire dies ... mathematician who made significant contributions to topology and algebra. He introduced the Kervaire semi-characteristic. Pic search. | ||
||2013: Frederick Sanger dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||2013: Frederick Sanger dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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1700: Priest and physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet born. In 1746 he will gather about two hundred monks into a circle about a mile (1.6 km) in circumference, with pieces of iron wire connecting them. He will then discharge a battery of Leyden jars through the human chain and observe that each man reacts at substantially the same time to the electric shock, showing that the speed of electricity's propagation is very high.
1834: Physicist and academic Georg Hermann Quincke born. He will conduct prolonged research on the subject of the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter, modifying the dissociation hypothesis of Clausius.
1876: Mathematician and theorist Tatyana Afanasyeva born. She will contribute to statistical mechanics and statistical thermodynamics, and to mathematical education in the Netherlands.
1919: Mathematician Curt Meyer born. He will make notable contributions to number theory, including an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.
1936: Television personality, comedian, and talk show Dick Cavett born. Cavett will be notable for his conversational style and in-depth discussions, appearing regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.