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File:John Dee.jpg|link=John Dee (nonfiction)|1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[John Dee (nonfiction)|John Dee]] born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.
File:John Dee.jpg|link=John Dee (nonfiction)|1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[John Dee (nonfiction)|John Dee]] born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.


||1527 – John Dee, English-Welsh mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (d. 1609)
||1741: Carl Friedrich Hindenburg born ... mathematician born in Dresden. His work centered mostly on combinatorics and probability. Pic: book cover.


||1762 – James Bradley, English priest and astronomer (b. 1693)
||1762: James Bradley dies ... priest and astronomer.


||1793 – Jean-Paul Marat, French physician and theorist (b. 1743)
||1793: Jean-Paul Marat dies ... physician and theorist.


||Johann III Bernoulli (d. 13 July 1807, Berlin), grandson of Johann Bernoulli, and son of Johann II Bernoulli. He was known around the world as a child prodigy. Pic.
||1807: Johann III Bernoulli dies .... He was known around the world as a child prodigy. Pic.


||1831 – Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (d. 1889)
||1831: Arthur Böttcher born ... pathologist and anatomist.


||Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner (d. 13 July 1857) was a German chemist, natural scientist and a professor of physics and chemistry.
||1857: Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner dies ... chemist, natural scientist and a professor of physics and chemistry.


||1863 – New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
||1863: New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.


||1863 – Margaret Murray, British archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist (d. 1963)
||1863: Margaret Murray born ... archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, and folklorist.


||Friedrich August Kekulé, later Friedrich August Kekule von Stradonitz (d. 13 July 1896), was a German organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure.
||1896: Friedrich August Kekulé dies ... organic chemist. From the 1850s until his death, Kekulé was one of the most prominent chemists in Europe, especially in theoretical chemistry. He was the principal founder of the theory of chemical structure.


||1919 – The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
||1919 – The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.

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  • 100 BC: Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar born. He will play a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

    100 BC: Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar born. He will play a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

  • 1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer John Dee born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.

    1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer John Dee born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.

  • 1956 – John McCarthy (Dartmouth College), Marvin Minsky (MIT), Claude Shannon (Bell Labs), and Nathaniel Rochester (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of "Artificial intelligence" at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. USA.

    1956 – John McCarthy (Dartmouth College), Marvin Minsky (MIT), Claude Shannon (Bell Labs), and Nathaniel Rochester (IBM) assemble the first coordinated research meeting on the topic of "Artificial intelligence" at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH. USA.

  • 1972: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for one million dollars; House Democrats say money trail leads to Richard Nixon.

    1972: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for one million dollars; House Democrats say money trail leads to Richard Nixon.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.

    1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.

  • 1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hilary Putnam publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes".

    1974: Mathematician and crime-fighter Hilary Putnam publishes his landmark paper arguing that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", and that we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes".

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