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||1547 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and lexicographer (d. 1628)
File:Jean-Charles della Faille by Anthony van Dyck.jpg|link=Jean-Charles della Faille (nonfiction)|1597: Priest and mathematician [[Jean-Charles della Faille (nonfiction)|Jean-Charles della Faille]] born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.
File:Jean-Charles della Faille by Anthony van Dyck.jpg|link=Jean-Charles della Faille (nonfiction)|1597: Priest and mathematician [[Jean-Charles della Faille (nonfiction)|Jean-Charles della Faille]] born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.


File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1611: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] born.  He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1611: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] born.  He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
||1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.
||1697 – Francesco Redi, Italian physician and poet (b. 1626)
||Frederick Peterson (b. March 1, 1859) was an American neurologist and poet. Peterson was at the forefront of psychoanalysis in the United States, publishing one of the first articles of Freud and Jung's theories of Free Association in 1909.
||1862 – Peter Barlow, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1776)
||1884 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1820) Isaac Todhunter FRS (23 November 1820 – 1 March 1884), was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history.
||1870 – E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and academic (d. 1944)
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1871: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
||1881 – The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down due to a fire.


File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1893: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1893: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.


||1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
File:Castle_Bravo_mushroom_cloud.jpg|link=Castle Bravo (nonfiction)|1954: [[Castle Bravo (nonfiction)|Castle Bravo]], a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
 
||1910 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
 
||1911 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn(ə)t ˈɦɔf]; 30 August 1852 – 1 March 1911) was a Dutch physical chemist. A highly influential theoretical chemist of his time, van 't Hoff was the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
 
||1912 – Boris Chertok, Polish-Russian rocket engineer and academic (d. 2011)
 
||Mario Pieri (d. 1 March 1913) was an Italian mathematician who is known for his work on foundations of geometry.
 
||Edwin J. Houston (d. March 1, 1914) was an American businessman, professor, consulting electrical engineer, inventor and author.
 
||1917 – The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
 
||Solomon Marcus (b. 1 March 1925) was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy (full member since 2001) and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics. His main research was in the fields of mathematical analysis, mathematical and computational linguistics and computer science
 
||1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
 
||1943 – Alexandre Yersin, Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
 
File:Vandal Savage Field Report Peenemunde.jpg|link=Field Report Number One (Peenemunde)|1945: ''[[Field Report Number One (Peenemunde)|Field Report Number One (Peenemunde edition)]]'' spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
 
||1946 – The Bank of England is nationalised.
 
||1947 – The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
 
|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1950: Cold War: [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Klaus Fuchs]] is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
 
||1951 – Sergei Kourdakov, Russian-American KGB agent (d. 1973)
 
||1952 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (b. 1873)
 
||1954 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
 
||1956 – The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
 
||1966 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1903)
 
||1966 – Venera 3 Soviet space probe crashes on Venus becoming the first spacecraft to land on another planet's surface.


File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1973: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.
File:Dark Side of the Moon.png|link=The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|1973: ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon (nonfiction)|The Dark Side of the Moon]]'' released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
File:Humpty Dumpty At Bat.jpg|link=Humpty Dumpty At Bat|1974: Signed first edition of ''[[Humpty Dumpty At Bat]]'' sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist from New Minneapolis, Canada during charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
 
||1990 – Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
 
||1991 – Edwin H. Land, American scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (b. 1909)


||2003 – Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security.


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Latest revision as of 04:33, 1 March 2022

  • 1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.

    1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.

  • 1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

    1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

  • 1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

    1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.

  • 1954: Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

    1954: Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.

  • 1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.

    1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.

  • 1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist from New Minneapolis, Canada during charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.

    1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for "an undisclosed amount" to "a prominent Gnomon algorithm theorist from New Minneapolis, Canada during charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.

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