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File:Laurentius Paulinus Gothius.jpg|link=Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala [[Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|Laurentius Paulinus Gothus]] born.  
File:Laurentius Paulinus Gothius.jpg|link=Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala [[Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (nonfiction)|Laurentius Paulinus Gothus]] born.  


||1695: John Bevis born ... physician and astronomer. No pic online.
||1695: John Bevis born ... physician and astronomer, Uranographia. Pic: star chart.


File:William Hogarth.jpg|link=William Hogarth (nonfiction)|1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic [[William Hogarth (nonfiction)|William Hogarth]] born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".
File:William Hogarth.jpg|link=William Hogarth (nonfiction)|1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic [[William Hogarth (nonfiction)|William Hogarth]] born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".
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File:Elwin_Bruno_Christoffel.jpg|link=Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|1829: Mathematician and physicist [[Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.
File:Elwin_Bruno_Christoffel.jpg|link=Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|1829: Mathematician and physicist [[Elwin Bruno Christoffel (nonfiction)|Elwin Bruno Christoffel]] born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.
||1832: Johann Spurzheim dies ... physician and leading phrenologist. Pic.


||1837: Amos Emerson Dolbear born ... physicist and inventor. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. Pic.
||1837: Amos Emerson Dolbear born ... physicist and inventor. Dolbear researched electrical spark conversion into sound waves and electrical impulses. Pic.
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||1918: Ernst Otto Fischer born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ernst+otto+fischer
||1918: Ernst Otto Fischer born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ernst+otto+fischer


||1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov born ... general and engineer, designed the AK-47.
||1919: Mikhail Kalashnikov born ... general and engineer, designed the AK-47. Pic.


||1923: Hachikō born ... Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner.
||1923: Hachikō born ... Japanese dog famous for his loyalty to his owner.
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||1935: Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov born ... astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (alive September 2018).
||1935: Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov born ... astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (alive September 2018).


||1944: The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.
||1944: The ammunition ship USS ''Mount Hood'' explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.


||1951: With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
||1951: With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
||1954: Édouard Le Roy dies ... mathematician and philosopher. Le Roy especially interested himself to the relations between science and morality. Along with Henri Poincaré and Pierre Duhem, he supported a conventionalist thesis on the foundation of mathematics.  Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=édouard+le+roy&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS702US702&oq=Édouard+Le+Roy


||1958: The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
||1958: The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
File:Philip G. Hodge.jpg|link=Philip G. Hodge (nonfiction)|1962: Materials engineer, academic, and [[APTO]] field agent [[Philip G. Hodge (nonfiction)|Philip G. Hodge]] discovers a new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use piecewise linear isotropic plasticity to detect and neutralize [[geometry solvent]].


File:Klara Dan von Neumann.png|link=Klara Dan von Neumann (nonfiction)|1963: Computer scientist [[Klara Dan von Neumann (nonfiction)|Klara Dan von Neumann]] dies. She was one of the world's first computer programmers and coders, solving mathematical problems using computer code.
File:Klara Dan von Neumann.png|link=Klara Dan von Neumann (nonfiction)|1963: Computer scientist [[Klara Dan von Neumann (nonfiction)|Klara Dan von Neumann]] dies. She was one of the world's first computer programmers and coders, solving mathematical problems using computer code.
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||1988: Mathematician Otto Haupt dies. Pic.
||1988: Mathematician Otto Haupt dies. Pic.


||1990: Mário Schenberg dies ... physicist and academic.
||1990: Mário Schenberg dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.
 
||1994: William Higinbotham dies ... physicist, member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement.  Also: video game designer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=william+higinbotham


||1998: Jean Leray dies ... mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology. Pic.
||1998: Jean Leray dies ... mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology. Pic.
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||2001: Carl-Gustav Esseen dies ... mathematician. His work was in the theory of probability. The Berry–Esseen theorem is named after him. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Carl-Gustav+Esseen
||2001: Carl-Gustav Esseen dies ... mathematician. His work was in the theory of probability. The Berry–Esseen theorem is named after him. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Carl-Gustav+Esseen


||2003: Hans Hermes dies ... mathematician and logician, who made significant contributions to the foundations of mathematical logic. Pic.
File:Hans Hermes.jpg|link=Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|2003: Mathematician and logician [[Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|Hans Hermes]] dies. Hermes contributed to the foundations of mathematical logic; he was also a pioneer of the Turing machine as the central concept of predictability.


||2006: Fokko du Cloux dies ... mathematician and computer scientist.
||2006: Fokko du Cloux dies ... mathematician and computer scientist. He worked on the Atlas of Lie groups and representations until his death. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=fokko+du+cloux


||2008: Kiyosi Itô dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||2008: Kiyosi Itô dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
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||2015: Klaus Roth dies ... mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. Pic.
||2015: Klaus Roth dies ... mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. Pic.


||2015: Gene Amdahl dies ... computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation.
||2015: Gene Amdahl dies ... computer scientist, physicist, and engineer, founded the Amdahl Corporation. Pic.
 
Green City Skyline.jpg|link=Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|Green City Skyline]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala Laurentius Paulinus Gothus born.

    1565: Theologian, astronomer, astrologer, and Archbishop of Uppsala Laurentius Paulinus Gothus born.

  • 1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic William Hogarth born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".

    1697: Satirist, painter, illustrator, and critic William Hogarth born. His work will range from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects".

  • 1829: Mathematician and physicist Elwin Bruno Christoffel born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.

    1829: Mathematician and physicist Elwin Bruno Christoffel born. He will introduce fundamental concepts of differential geometry, opening the way for the development of tensor calculus, which will later provide the mathematical basis for general relativity.

  • 1963: Computer scientist Klara Dan von Neumann dies. She was one of the world's first computer programmers and coders, solving mathematical problems using computer code.

    1963: Computer scientist Klara Dan von Neumann dies. She was one of the world's first computer programmers and coders, solving mathematical problems using computer code.

  • 2003: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes dies. Hermes contributed to the foundations of mathematical logic; he was also a pioneer of the Turing machine as the central concept of predictability.

    2003: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes dies. Hermes contributed to the foundations of mathematical logic; he was also a pioneer of the Turing machine as the central concept of predictability.

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