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File:Nezahualcoyotl.jpg|link=Nezahualcoyotl (nonfiction)|1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler [[Nezahualcoyotl (nonfiction)|Nezahualcoyotl]] dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.
File:Nezahualcoyotl.jpg|link=Nezahualcoyotl (nonfiction)|1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler [[Nezahualcoyotl (nonfiction)|Nezahualcoyotl]] dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.


||George Heriot (b. 4 June 1563) was a Scottish goldsmith and philanthropist.
||1563: George Heriot born ... goldsmith and philanthropist.


||1694 – François Quesnay, French economist and physician (d. 1774)
||1694: François Quesnay born ... economist and physician.


||1704 – Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (d. 1776)
||1704: Benjamin Huntsman born ... inventor and businessman.


||Johann Beckmann (b. June 4, 1739) was a German scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Pic.
||1739: Johann Beckmann born ... scientific author and coiner of the word technology, to mean the science of trades. He was the first man to teach technology and write about it as an academic subject. Pic.


||1744 – Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (d. 1780)
||1744: Patrick Ferguson born ... soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle.


||1754 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (d. 1832)
||1754: Franz Xaver von Zach born ... astronomer and academic.


File:Sophie Germain.jpg|link=Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|1782: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|Sophie Germain]] publishes analysis of Fermat's Last Theorem will provides a foundation for mathematicians  fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]] for hundreds of years after.
File:Sophie Germain.jpg|link=Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|1782: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Sophie Germain (nonfiction)|Sophie Germain]] publishes analysis of Fermat's Last Theorem will provides a foundation for mathematicians  fighting [[crimes against mathematical constants]] for hundreds of years after.
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File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight.
File:Montgolfier first public balloon flight.jpg|link=Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|1783: The [[Montgolfier brothers (nonfiction)|Montgolfier brothers]] give first public demonstration of balloon flight.


||1784 – Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).
||1784: Élisabeth Thible becomes the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covers four kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated).


||1787 – Constant Prévost, French geologist and academic (d. 1856)
||1787: Constant Prévost born ... geologist and academic.


||1798 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and author (b. 1725)
||1798: Giacomo Casanova dies ... adventurer and author.


||1877 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
||1877: Heinrich Otto Wieland born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1855 – Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS ''Supply'' to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.
||1855: Major Henry C. Wayne departs New York aboard the USS ''Supply'' to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps.


||Beno Gutenberg (b. June 4, 1889) was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude.
||1889: Beno Gutenberg born ... seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude.


||1891 – Leopold Vietoris, Austrian soldier, mathematician, and academic born. Pic.
||1891: Leopold Vietoris born ... soldier, mathematician, and academic born. Pic.


||1896 – Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
||1896: Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.


||1910 – Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (d. 1999)
||1910: Christopher Cockerell born ... engineer, invented the hovercraft.


||1916 – Robert F. Furchgott, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
||1916: Robert F. Furchgott born ... biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1917 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for ''Julia Ward Howe''). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work ''With Americans of Past and Present Days''. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the ''New York World''.
||1917: The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for ''Julia Ward Howe''). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work ''With Americans of Past and Present Days''. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the ''New York World''.


||1922 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
||1922: W. H. R. Rivers dies ... anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (b. 1864)
 
||1936: Yvette Amice born ... mathematician whose research concerned number theory and p-adic analysis. Pic: http://johnbcosgrave.com/archive/oxford.htm.


File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1943: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses punched card computation to forecast the position of [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]] a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1943: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses punched card computation to forecast the position of [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]] a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.
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File:German submarine U-505 shortly after capture.jpg|link=German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]]: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.
File:German submarine U-505 shortly after capture.jpg|link=German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the [[German submarine U-505 (nonfiction)|German submarine U-505]]: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.


||Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (d. 4 June 1946) was a Finnish mathematician, who made contributions in real analysis, complex analysis and topology. Lindelöf spaces are named after him.  Pic.
||1946: Ernst Leonard Lindelöf dies ... mathematician, who made contributions in real analysis, complex analysis and topology. Lindelöf spaces are named after him.  Pic.


||William Thomas Astbury FRS (d. 4 June 1961, Leeds) was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.
||1961: William Thomas Astbury FRS dies ... physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 and made the first step in the elucidation of its structure.


||Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky (b. 4 June 1966) was a Russian-American mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002.  Pic.
||1966: Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky born ... mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002.  Pic.


||1973 – Maurice René Fréchet, French mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
||1973: Maurice René Fréchet dies ... mathematician and academic.


||1986 – Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.
||1986: Jonathan Pollard pleads guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel.


||1989 – Dik Browne, American cartoonist (b. 1917)
||1989: Dik Browne dies ... cartoonist.


File:Melvin Dresher.jpg|link=Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|1992: Mathematician [[Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|Melvin Dresher]] (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.
File:Melvin Dresher.jpg|link=Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|1992: Mathematician [[Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|Melvin Dresher]] (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.


||1996 – The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.
||1996: The first flight of Ariane 5 explodes after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission.


||1997 – Vladimir Hütt, Russian-Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1936)
||1997: Vladimir Hütt dies ... physicist and philosopher.


||2010 – Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.
||2010: Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40.


||2015 – Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (b. 1938)
||2015: Leonid Plyushch dies ... mathematician and academic.


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Revision as of 14:57, 25 August 2018

  • 1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler Nezahualcoyotl dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.

    1472: Aztec philosopher, warrior, architect, poet, and ruler Nezahualcoyotl dies. He had an experience of an "Unknown, Unknowable Lord of Everywhere" to whom he built an entirely empty temple in which no blood sacrifices of any kind were allowed.

  • 1782: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain publishes analysis of Fermat's Last Theorem will provides a foundation for mathematicians fighting crimes against mathematical constants for hundreds of years after.

    1782: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Sophie Germain publishes analysis of Fermat's Last Theorem will provides a foundation for mathematicians fighting crimes against mathematical constants for hundreds of years after.

  • 1783: The Montgolfier brothers give first public demonstration of balloon flight.

    1783: The Montgolfier brothers give first public demonstration of balloon flight.

  • 1943: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses punched card computation to forecast the position of German submarine U-505 a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.

    1943: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses punched card computation to forecast the position of German submarine U-505 a year in advance, giving the U.S. Navy a strategic advantage in the Second World War.

  • 1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

    1944: World War Two: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505: The first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century.

  • 1992: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

    1992: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) dies. He contributed to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

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