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||1897 – Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (d. 1946) | ||1897 – Marcel Petiot, French physician and serial killer (d. 1946) | ||
||Sir Ralph Howard Fowler OBE FRS | ||Sir Ralph Howard Fowler OBE FRS (17 January 1889 – 28 July 1944) was a British physicist and astronomer. | ||
||1899 – Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947) | ||1899 – Al Capone, American mob boss (d. 1947) | ||
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File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy. | File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1904: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] linked to last year's release of ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]''. | |||
||Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (d. 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behavior. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements. | ||Friedrich Wilhelm Georg Kohlrausch (d. 17 January 1910) was a German physicist who investigated the conductive properties of electrolytes and contributed to knowledge of their behavior. He also investigated elasticity, thermoelasticity, and thermal conduction as well as magnetic and electrical precision measurements. | ||
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||1924 – Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017) | ||1924 – Jewel Plummer Cobb, American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017) | ||
||1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. | ||1929 – Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. | ||
Revision as of 18:34, 17 January 2018
1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.
1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
1552: Mathematician and criminal Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.
1812: Polymath Charles Babbage uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the killing of an elephant named Topsy.
1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.
1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
1958: Mathematical models indicate that an American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."
1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."
1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1969: Mutant culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae computing Gnomon algorithm functions unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.
1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.
