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File:Buzjani.jpg|link=Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|940: Mathematician and astronomer [[Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī]] born. His ''Almagest'' will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.  
File:Buzjani.jpg|link=Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|940: Mathematician and astronomer [[Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (nonfiction)|Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī]] born. His ''Almagest'' will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.  


File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1571: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
|File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1571: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] causes outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
||1649: Giulio Aleni born ... Jesuit missionary and scholar. He was born in Leno near Brescia in Italy, at the time part of the Republic of Venice, and died at Yanping in China. He became a member of the Society of Jesus in 1600 and distinguished himself in his knowledge of mathematics and theology. No DOB. Pic: maps.


||1692: Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
||1692: Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
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File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1793: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
File:Supplice de 9 émigrés Octobre 1793.jpg|link=French Revolution (nonfiction)|1793: [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]]: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.


||1832: Alvan Graham Clark born ... astronomer and telescope-maker.
||1832: Alvan Graham Clark born ... astronomer and telescope-maker. Pic.


||1832: Nikolaus Otto born ... engineer.
||1832: Nikolaus Otto born ... engineer. Otto successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the modern internal combustion engine. Pic.


||Karl Christian von Langsdorf, also known as Carl Christian von Langsdorff (d. 1834 in Heidelberg), was a German mathematician, geologist, natural scientist and engineer.
||1834: Karl Christian von Langsdorf dies ... mathematician, geologist, natural scientist and engineer. Pic.


File:André-Marie_Ampère.jpg|link=André-Marie Ampère (nonfiction)|1836: Physicist and mathematician [[André-Marie Ampère (nonfiction)|André-Marie Ampère]] dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".
File:André-Marie_Ampère.jpg|link=André-Marie Ampère (nonfiction)|1836: Physicist and mathematician [[André-Marie Ampère (nonfiction)|André-Marie Ampère]] dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".


||William Leonard Hunt (b. June 10, 1838), also known by the stage name The Great Farini, was a well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor. Pic.
||1838: William Leonard Hunt born ... The Great Farini, was a well-known nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian funambulist, entertainment promoter and inventor. Pic.
 
||1887: Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov born ... Russian mathematician who made significant contributions in both pure and applied mathematics, and also in the history of mathematics.  Pic search.
 
||1895: Wilhelm Tolmé Runge born ... electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Wilhelm-Runge
 
||1889: John Frederick Bateman dies ... civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks ... "the greatest dam-builder of his generation". Pic.
 
||1903: Luigi Cremona dies ... mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his ''Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane''. He notably enriched our knowledge of algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces. Pic.
 
File:Ludwig Roth - 1960.jpg|link=Ludwig Roth (nonfiction)|1909: Aerospace engineer and weapons designer [[Ludwig Roth (nonfiction)|Ludwig Roth]] born.  During World War II, Roth will head Germany's Future Projects Office, which will design the ''Wasserfall'' and rockets such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Roth will then be recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip.
 
||1924: Friedrich L. Bauer born ... mathematician, computer scientist, and academic. Pic.


||Vladimir Ivanovich Smirnov (b. 10 June 1887) was a Russian mathematician who made significant contributions in both pure and applied mathematics, and also in the history of mathematics. Pic.
||1938: Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak born ... mathematician and academic known for her work in balanced incomplete block designs, bivariegated graphs, graceful graphs, graph equations and frequency partitions. Pic search.


||Antonio Luigi Gaudenzio Giuseppe Cremona (d. 10 June 1903) was an Italian mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane. He notably enriched our knowledge of algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces.
||1942: SYDNEY, NSW. 1942-06-10. THE SPENT 17.7 INCH TORPEDO, EITHER TYPE 96 OR 97, FIRED BY THE UNIDENTIFIED JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE (KNOWN AS MIDGET A), WHICH RAN ASHORE AT GARDEN ISLAND DURING THE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR ON 31 MAY 1942. NOTE THE BLAST WALL OF SANDBAGS IN THE BACKGROUND, CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE TORPEDO BEING DRAGGED FURTHER IN. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION). Pic.


||1913 – Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1993)
||1944: Willem Jacob van Stockum dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||1924 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
||1948: Philippa Fawcett dies ... mathematician and educator. Coming amidst the women's suffrage movement, Fawcett's career spurred much discussion about women's capacities and rights. Pic.


||1938 – Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (d. 2009)
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1972: Modern dance company [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature in New Minneapolis, Canada.


||1944 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
||1974: Jaroslav Hájek dies ... mathematician who worked in theoretical and nonparametric statistics. The Hájek–Le Cam convolution theorem is named after Hájek and Lucien Le Cam. Pic search.


File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1972: [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the history of [[high-energy literature]].  
||1977: James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later. Pic.


||1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
||1994: China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.


||1994 – China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
||2002: The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.


||2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
||2002: John Gotti dies ... mobster.


||2002 – John Gotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
||2003: The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.


||2003 – The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mis
||2005: Curtis Pitts dies ... aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special.


||2005 – Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (b. 1915)
||2016: Alexander Gorlov dies ... mechanical engineer.  Hydro turbine.  Pic.


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  • 940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

    940: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī born. His Almagest will be widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

  • 1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

    1793: French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

  • 1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

    1836: Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies. He was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as "electrodynamics".

  • 1909: Aerospace engineer and weapons designer Ludwig Roth born. During World War II, Roth will head Germany's Future Projects Office, which will design the Wasserfall and rockets such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Roth will then be recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip.

    1909: Aerospace engineer and weapons designer Ludwig Roth born. During World War II, Roth will head Germany's Future Projects Office, which will design the Wasserfall and rockets such as the A9/A10 ICBM. Roth will then be recruited by American intelligence under Operation Paperclip.

  • 1972: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature in New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1972: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the history of high-energy literature in New Minneapolis, Canada.

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