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||1844: James Henry Greathead born ... civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. He is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named "the tube". Pic. | ||1844: James Henry Greathead born ... civil engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. He is also the reason that the London Underground is colloquially named "the tube". Pic. | ||
||1881: Alexander Fleming born . | File:Alexander Fleming.jpg|link=Alexander Fleming (nonfiction)|1881: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist [[Alexander Fleming (nonfiction)|Alexander Fleming]] born. Fleming will discover the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. | ||
||1890: At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. | ||1890: At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. | ||
||1903: Philip | ||1903: Philip M. Morse born ... physicist, administrator and pioneer of operations research (OR) in World War II. He is considered to be the father of operations research in the U.S. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Philip+McCord+Morse | ||
||1925: Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro dies ... mathematician born in Lugo di Romagna. He is most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus. | ||1915: Guido Goldschmiedt dies ... chemist. His most remarkable results were establishing the structure of several natural compounds including papaverine and ellagic acid. Pic. | ||
||1925: Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro dies ... mathematician born in Lugo di Romagna. He is most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus. Pic. | |||
File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | ||
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||1930: Physicist Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar born. He and his colleagues will discover the columnar phase of liquid crystals made of disc-shaped molecules. Through supramolecular assembly, the discs exhibit a mesophase which has a two-dimensional periodic order. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=sivaramakrishna+chandrasekhar | ||1930: Physicist Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar born. He and his colleagues will discover the columnar phase of liquid crystals made of disc-shaped molecules. Through supramolecular assembly, the discs exhibit a mesophase which has a two-dimensional periodic order. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=sivaramakrishna+chandrasekhar | ||
||1934: Hermann Glauert dues ... aerodynamicist and author. His book '''The Elements of Aerofoil and Airscrew Theory''' was the single most important instrument for spreading airfoil and wing theory around the English speaking world. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Hermann+Glauert&oq=Hermann+Glauert | |||
||1943: Jonathan Bruce Postel born ... computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. Pic. | ||1943: Jonathan Bruce Postel born ... computer scientist who made many significant contributions to the development of the Internet, particularly with respect to standards. He is known principally for being the Editor of the Request for Comment (RFC) document series, for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and for administering the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) until his death. Pic. | ||
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||1945: World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning. | ||1945: World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning. | ||
||1945: Paul Koebe dies ... mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. | ||1945: Paul Koebe dies ... mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic. | ||
||1961: Earle C. Anthony dies ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Earle+C.+Anthony | |||
||1987: Hans Motz dies ... pioneering work at Stanford University on undulators which led to the development of the wiggler and the free-electron laser. Pic: https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rse34067 | ||1987: Hans Motz dies ... pioneering work at Stanford University on undulators which led to the development of the wiggler and the free-electron laser. Pic: https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rse34067 | ||
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||1998: André Weil dies ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||1998: André Weil dies ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic. | ||
||2007: Atle Selberg dies ... mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory. | ||2007: Atle Selberg dies ... mathematician known for his work in analytic number theory, and in the theory of automorphic forms, in particular bringing them into relation with spectral theory. Pic. | ||
||2009: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras dies ... mathematician, academic, and astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Antonia+Ferrín+Moreiras | |||
||2012: Bernard Lovell dies ... physicist and radio astronomer. Pic. | |||
File:Curiosity rover.jpg|link=Curiosity (nonfiction)|2012: NASA's ''[[Curiosity (nonfiction)|Curiosity]]'' rover lands on the surface of Mars. | File:Curiosity rover.jpg|link=Curiosity (nonfiction)|2012: NASA's ''[[Curiosity (nonfiction)|Curiosity]]'' rover lands on the surface of Mars. | ||
File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars]] celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms. | File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars]] celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms. | ||
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1638: Priest and philosopher Nicolas Malebranche born. He will be instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in France.
1667: Mathematician Johann Bernouli born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
1881: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist Alexander Fleming born. Fleming will discover the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.
1928: Artist Andy Warhol born. He will be a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1991: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
2012: NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.