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||1545: The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. | ||1545: The Tudor warship ''Mary Rose'' sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. Pic: remnants. | ||
File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1631: Philosopher and academic [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. | File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1631: Philosopher and academic [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. | ||
||1670: Olof Celsius (the elder) born ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||1670: Olof Celsius (the elder) born ... botanist, philologist and clergyman, He was a professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. Celsius was a mentor of the botanist and scientist Carl Linnaeus. Celsius wrote his most famous book on biblical plants, Hierobotanicos, in 1745-47. Pic. | ||
||1684: Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies ... mathematician and philosopher. | ||1684: Elena Cornaro Piscopia dies ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1789: Antonio Maria Bordoni born ... mathematician who did research on mathematical analysis, geometry, and mechanics. | ||1789: Antonio Maria Bordoni born ... mathematician who did research on mathematical analysis, geometry, and mechanics. Pic. | ||
File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1814: Engineer and businessman [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company. | File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1814: Engineer and businessman [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company. | ||
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||1817: Francesco Castracane degli Antelminelli born ... naturalist. He was reportedly one of the first to introduce microphotography into the study of biology. His first experiments in applying the camera to the microscope were made as early as 1862 with diatomaceæ, and he subsequently made these microorganisms his chief study. Pic: https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2023813/https___phaidra_cab_unipd_it_o_1480.html | ||1817: Francesco Castracane degli Antelminelli born ... naturalist. He was reportedly one of the first to introduce microphotography into the study of biology. His first experiments in applying the camera to the microscope were made as early as 1862 with diatomaceæ, and he subsequently made these microorganisms his chief study. Pic: https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/2023813/https___phaidra_cab_unipd_it_o_1480.html | ||
||1824: Agustín de Iturbide dies ... general and emperor. | ||1824: Agustín de Iturbide dies ... general and emperor. Although Iturbide's reign was short, it defined the political struggles before and after independence. Pic. | ||
||1838: Pierre Louis Dulong dies ... physicist and chemist. | ||1838: Pierre Louis Dulong dies ... physicist and chemist. Pic. | ||
||1843: Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. | ||1843: Brunel's steamship the SS Great Britain is launched, becoming the first ocean-going craft with an iron hull and screw propeller, becoming the largest vessel afloat in the world. | ||
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||1849: Raphael Meldola born ... chemist and entomologist. Meldola blue. Pic. | ||1849: Raphael Meldola born ... chemist and entomologist. Meldola blue. Pic. | ||
||1851: Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé dies ... Belgian nobleman and convicted murderer. He poisoned his brother-in-law in order to acquire some urgently needed money. In 1851, the chemist Jean Servais Stas proved that Visart de Bocarmé had used nicotine extracted from tobacco leaves as poison. This was the first exact proof of alkaloids in forensic medicine. Pic. | |||
||1857: Stefano Franscini dies ... statistician and politician. | ||1857: Stefano Franscini dies ... statistician and politician. | ||
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||1865: Charles Horace Mayo born ... surgeon, founded the Mayo Clinic. | ||1865: Charles Horace Mayo born ... surgeon, founded the Mayo Clinic. | ||
||1878: Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1878: Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1881: Friedrich Dessauer born ... physicist and philosopher. | ||1881: Friedrich Dessauer born ... physicist and philosopher. Pic search. | ||
||1883: Max Fleischer born ... animator and producer. | ||1883: Max Fleischer born ... animator and producer. | ||
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||1885: Johannes Peter Letzmann born ... meteorologist, and a pioneering tornado researcher. His prolific output related to severe storms concepts included: developing tornado damage studies, atmospheric vortices, theoretical studies and laboratory simulations, tornado case studies, and observation programs. It generated extensive analysis techniques and insights on tornadoes at a time when there was still very little research on the subject in the United States. Pic. | ||1885: Johannes Peter Letzmann born ... meteorologist, and a pioneering tornado researcher. His prolific output related to severe storms concepts included: developing tornado damage studies, atmospheric vortices, theoretical studies and laboratory simulations, tornado case studies, and observation programs. It generated extensive analysis techniques and insights on tornadoes at a time when there was still very little research on the subject in the United States. Pic. | ||
||1886: Michael Fekete born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1886: Michael Fekete born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1894: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory. | File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1894: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory. | ||
||1894: Percy Spencer born ... physicist and inventor of the microwave oven | ||1894: Percy Spencer born ... physicist and inventor of the microwave oven. Pic search. | ||
||1900: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. | ||1900: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation. | ||
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File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1982: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics. | File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1982: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics. | ||
||2002: Arthur Lee Loeb dies ... scientist and crystallographer. His life's work involved the articulation of a language of spatial patterns. His language, which he described as "Visual Mathematics" and "Design Science," led to lifelong collaboration with innovators such as R. Buckminster Fuller and M.C. Escher. Pic search. | |||
||2006: George Wetherill dies ... physicist and academic. He contributed to high-precision geochronology, radiometric chronology of meteorite and lunar samples, and numerical techniques for predicting the physical and orbital properties of terrestrial planets. Pic search tech. | |||
||2007: Roberto Fontanarrosa dies ... cartoonist. | ||2007: Roberto Fontanarrosa dies ... cartoonist. | ||
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||2010: Gerson Goldhaber dies ... particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark. Pic. | ||2010: Gerson Goldhaber dies ... particle physicist and astrophysicist. He was one of the discoverers of the J/ψ meson which confirmed the existence of the charm quark. Pic. | ||
||2011: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2011: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool tech). | ||
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1631: Philosopher and academic Cesare Cremonini dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.
1814: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company.
1894: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.
1982: Physicist Hugh Everett III dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.