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||Roderigo Lopez (also called Ruy Lopes, Ruy Lopez or Roger Lopez; c. 1517 – 7 June 1594) served as physician-in-chief to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 1581 until his death by execution, having been found guilty of plotting to poison her. A Portuguese converso or New Christian of Jewish ancestry, he is the only royal doctor in English history to have been executed, and may have inspired the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, which was written within four years of his death. | |||
||1788 – French Revolution: Day of the Tiles: Civilians in Grenoble toss roof tiles and various objects down upon royal troops. | |||
||1826 – Joseph von Fraunhofer, German optician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1787) | |||
||1862 – Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947) | |||
||1863 – During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops. | |||
||1879 – Knud Rasmussen, Danish anthropologist and explorer (d. 1933) | |||
||1879 – Joan Voûte, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1963) | |||
File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1883: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death. | File:Sylvanus Morley.jpg|link=Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|1883: Archaeologist and spy [[Sylvanus Morley (nonfiction)|Sylvanus Morley]] born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death. | ||
File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' sells for eighty thousand dollars. | File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' sells for eighty thousand dollars. | ||
||1886 – Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (d. 1972) | |||
||1894 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Georgian-American pilot and engineer, co-designed the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (d. 1974) | |||
||1896 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) | |||
||1899 – American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas. | |||
||1910 – Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (d. 1990) Great Depression | |||
||1911 – Brooks Stevens, American engineer and designer, designed the Wienermobile (d. 1995) | |||
||Donald Watts Davies, CBE, FRS[1] (b. 7 June 1924) was a Welsh computer scientist who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). In 1965 he developed the concept of packet switching in computer networking,[2][3] and implemented it in the NPL network. | |||
||1929 – The Lateran Treaty is ratified, bringing Vatican City into existence. | |||
||1942 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer (b. 1903) important, no pic | |||
File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the [[Turing machine (nonfiction)|Turing machine]]. | ||
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File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1961: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' magazine published detailed plans for simulating the [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion]]. | File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1961: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' magazine published detailed plans for simulating the [[BOMARC Missile Accident Site (nonfiction)|BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion]]. | ||
||1967 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909) | |||
||1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. | |||
||1978 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) | |||
||1981 – The Israeli Air Force destroys Iraq's Osiraq nuclear reactor during Operation Opera. | |||
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Revision as of 07:56, 3 September 2017
1883: Archaeologist and spy Sylvanus Morley born. He will conduct espionage in Mexico on behalf of the United States during World War I; the scope of these activities will only come to light after his death.
1884: Signed first edition of Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess sells for eighty thousand dollars.
1952: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing dies. He was influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.
1959: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
1961: Brainiac Explains magazine published detailed plans for simulating the BOMARC nuclear missile site explosion.
