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File:Li Shizhen.jpg|link=Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|1518: Physician and scientist [[Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|Li Shizhen]] born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China. | File:Li Shizhen.jpg|link=Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|1518: Physician and scientist [[Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|Li Shizhen]] born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China. | ||
||1728 – Robert Adam, Scottish-English architect, designed Culzean Castle (d. 1792) | |||
||1749 – William Jones, Welsh-English mathematician and academic (b. 1675) | |||
File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1777: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of [[math criminals]] now coming of age." | File:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.jpg|link=Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|1777: Philosopher and author [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques Rousseau]] warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of [[math criminals]] now coming of age." | ||
||1790 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French geologist and mineralogist (b. 1736) | |||
||1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. | ||1819 – The Bank of Savings in New York City, the first savings bank in the United States, opens. | ||
||1879 – Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American mathematician, linguist, and philosopher (d. 1950) | |||
File:Hasan Tahsini.jpg|link=Hasan Tahsini (nonfiction)|1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher [[Hasan Tahsini (nonfiction)|Hasan Tahsini]] dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century. | File:Hasan Tahsini.jpg|link=Hasan Tahsini (nonfiction)|1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher [[Hasan Tahsini (nonfiction)|Hasan Tahsini]] dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century. | ||
||1883 – Franz Kafka, Czech-Austrian author (d. 1924) | |||
||1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. | ||1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. | ||
||1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. | ||1886 – The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. | ||
1897 – Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic (d. 1965) | |||
||1933 – Edward Brandt, Jr., American physician and mathematician (d. 2007) | |||
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket explosion]]. | File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket explosion]]. | ||
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File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1977 – Alexander Volkov, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1891) | |||
||1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. | ||1988 – United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. | ||
||1998 – Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (b. 1949) | |||
||2006 – Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist, developed the OBJ programming language (b. 1941) | |||
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1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.
1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."
1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.
- 1897 – Jesse Douglas, American mathematician and academic (d. 1965)
1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.
1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.