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||1742: Philip Astley born ... equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus". The circus industry, as a presenter of an integrated entertainment experience that includes music, domesticated animals, acrobats, and clowns, traces its heritage to Astley's Amphitheatre, a riding school that Astley founded in London following the success of trick-riding displays given by him and his wife Patty Jones in 1768. PIc. | ||1742: Philip Astley born ... equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus". The circus industry, as a presenter of an integrated entertainment experience that includes music, domesticated animals, acrobats, and clowns, traces its heritage to Astley's Amphitheatre, a riding school that Astley founded in London following the success of trick-riding displays given by him and his wife Patty Jones in 1768. PIc. | ||
||1775: John Baskerville dies ... printer and type designer. | ||1775: John Baskerville dies ... printer and type designer. | ||
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File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1889: [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. | File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1889: [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator. | ||
||1891: Walther Bothe born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1891: Walther Bothe born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||
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||1980: John Mauchly dies ... physicist and academic. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Mauchly | ||1980: John Mauchly dies ... physicist and academic. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Mauchly | ||
||1981: A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". | ||1981: A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time". | ||
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||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. | ||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired. | ||
||2012: Bernhard Schrader dies ... chemist and academic ... pioneer of experimental molecular spectroscopy in Germany, especially of Raman- and Infrared spectroscopy and its routine application in chemical analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernhard+Schrader+chemist | ||2012: Bernhard Schrader dies ... chemist and academic ... pioneer of experimental molecular spectroscopy in Germany, especially of Raman- and Infrared spectroscopy and its routine application in chemical analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernhard+Schrader+chemist | ||
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1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".
1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.
1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
1896: Geologist Sekiya Seikei dies. He was one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.
1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
The Nostromo Cafe opens. It is the first known take-out restaurant aboard a spaceship.
2002: Statistician Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.