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||1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689) | |||
File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] dies. | File:Jean-Baptiste Morin.jpg|link=Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer [[Jean-Baptiste Morin (nonfiction)|Jean-Baptiste Morin]] dies. | ||
||1755 – Stanisław Staszic, Polish philosopher, poet, and geologist (d. 1824) | ||1755 – Stanisław Staszic, Polish philosopher, poet, and geologist (d. 1824) | ||
||1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695) | ||1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695) | ||
||1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (b. 1748) | ||1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (b. 1748) | ||
||1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology (d. 1909) | ||1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology (d. 1909) | ||
||1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942) | ||1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942) | ||
||1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939) | |||
||1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. | ||1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. | ||
||1886 – Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (d. 1982) | ||1886 – Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (d. 1982) | ||
||1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American mob boss (b. 1882) | |||
||1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | ||1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | ||
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1944: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1944: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | ||
||1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) | |||
||1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (d. 2015) | ||1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (d. 2015) | ||
||1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) | ||1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) | ||
||1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. | ||1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. | ||
||2002 – Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920) | ||2002 – Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920) | ||
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted. | |||
File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | |||
||File:Galileo's Glassworks in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|Advances in [[Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|virtualization of Galileo]] use [[Galileo's Glassworks (nonfiction)|book]] in hydrogen bubble chamber. | ||File:Galileo's Glassworks in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|Advances in [[Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|virtualization of Galileo]] use [[Galileo's Glassworks (nonfiction)|book]] in hydrogen bubble chamber. | ||
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||File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000.jpg|link=Tar-Baby 9000|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] infects Brer Rabbit with the [[Snake Lemma]] (1895). | ||File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000.jpg|link=Tar-Baby 9000|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] infects Brer Rabbit with the [[Snake Lemma]] (1895). | ||
||File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|[[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] offers free injections to first-time patients. | ||File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|[[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] offers free injections to first-time patients. | ||
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Revision as of 19:53, 6 September 2017
1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies.
1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
2015: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.