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||412: Proclus born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic search. | ||412: Proclus born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic search. | ||
||1575: Leiden University is founded, and given the motto ''Praesidium Libertatis''. | ||1575: Leiden University is founded, and given the motto ''Praesidium Libertatis''. | ||
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File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1866: Chemist [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry. | File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1866: Chemist [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry. | ||
File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1879: Engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. | File:Sir Sandford Fleming.jpg|link=Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|1879: Engineer and inventor [[Sandford Fleming (nonfiction)|Sandford Fleming]] first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute. | ||
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||1928: Ennio De Giorgi born ... mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics. Pic. | ||1928: Ennio De Giorgi born ... mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics. Pic. | ||
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] found responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations. | File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] found not responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations. The so-called "carnivorous" digible (Dirigible horribilis) is in fact a grazing ruminant autonomous airship, neither carnivorous nor horrible. | ||
File:Emilie_Norton_Martin.jpg|link=Emilie Martin (nonfiction)|1936: Mathematician and academic [[Emilie Martin (nonfiction)|Emilie Martin]] dies. Martin researched primitive substitution groups of degree 15 and primitive substitution groups of degree 18. | File:Emilie_Norton_Martin.jpg|link=Emilie Martin (nonfiction)|1936: Mathematician and academic [[Emilie Martin (nonfiction)|Emilie Martin]] dies. Martin researched primitive substitution groups of degree 15 and primitive substitution groups of degree 18. | ||
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||1971: The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time. | ||1971: The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time. | ||
||1974: After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth. | ||1974: After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth. | ||
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||2015: Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde dies ... physician and parapsychologist. She said that there was a secret exchange program between humans and aliens that was being deliberately suppressed by "powerful Western governments", particularly the United States. Pic. | ||2015: Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde dies ... physician and parapsychologist. She said that there was a secret exchange program between humans and aliens that was being deliberately suppressed by "powerful Western governments", particularly the United States. Pic. | ||
||2017: Peter Mansfield dies ... physicist, Nobel laureate. Pic. | ||2017: Peter Mansfield dies ... physicist, Nobel laureate. Pic. | ||
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1700: Mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
1866: Chemist Moses Gomberg born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.
1879: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
1933: Carnivorous dirigibles found not responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations. The so-called "carnivorous" digible (Dirigible horribilis) is in fact a grazing ruminant autonomous airship, neither carnivorous nor horrible.
1936: Mathematician and academic Emilie Martin dies. Martin researched primitive substitution groups of degree 15 and primitive substitution groups of degree 18.
1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann dies. Von Neumann was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.