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||1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853) | ||1803 – Christian Doppler, Austrian mathematician and physicist (d. 1853) | ||
||1847 | ||1825: Jean-Martin Charcot born ... neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. He is best known today for his work on hypnosis and hysteria ... "the founder of modern neurology". Pic. | ||
||1847: Marcus Whitman dies ... physician and missionary. | |||
File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1849: Electrical engineer and physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] born. He will invent the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube. | File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1849: Electrical engineer and physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] born. He will invent the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube. | ||
||Ernest William Brown | ||1866: Ernest William Brown born ... mathematician and astronomer, who spent the majority of his career working in the United States and became a naturalised American citizen in 1923. His life's work was the study of the Moon's motion (lunar theory) and the compilation of extremely accurate lunar tables. He also studied the motion of the planets and calculated the orbits of Trojan asteroids. | ||
||1873 | ||1873: Suzan Rose Benedict born ... mathematician and academic. | ||
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1877: [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. | File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1877: [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] demonstrates his phonograph for the first time. | ||
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File:London_cholera_map_1854.jpg|link=Endemic (nonfiction)|1878: Allegedly haunted [[Endemic (nonfiction)|London cholera map]] stolen by alleged supervillain [[Abomynous]]; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies. | File:London_cholera_map_1854.jpg|link=Endemic (nonfiction)|1878: Allegedly haunted [[Endemic (nonfiction)|London cholera map]] stolen by alleged supervillain [[Abomynous]]; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies. | ||
Nikolay Mitrofanovich Krylov | ||1879: Nikolay Mitrofanovich Krylov born ... mathematician known for works on interpolation, non-linear mechanics, and numerical methods for solving equations of mathematical physics. Pic. | ||
||1882: Henri Fabre born ... pilot and engineer. | |||
John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming|1904: [[John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture from within Fleming tube. | John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming|1904: [[John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture from within Fleming tube. | ||
||Beniamin Markarian | ||1913: Beniamin Markarian born ... astrophysicist. Markarian's Chain (of galaxies) was named after him when he discovered that this string of galaxies moves with a common motion. Pic. | ||
File:Madeleine L'Engle.jpg|link=Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|1918: Writer [[Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|Madeleine L'Engle]] born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning ''A Wrinkle in Time'' and its sequels. | File:Madeleine L'Engle.jpg|link=Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|1918: Writer [[Madeleine L'Engle (nonfiction)|Madeleine L'Engle]] born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning ''A Wrinkle in Time'' and its sequels. | ||
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File:Giacomo Puccini.jpg|link=Giacomo Puccini (nonfiction)|1924: Composer [[Giacomo Puccini (nonfiction)|Giacomo Puccini]] dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi". | File:Giacomo Puccini.jpg|link=Giacomo Puccini (nonfiction)|1924: Composer [[Giacomo Puccini (nonfiction)|Giacomo Puccini]] dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi". | ||
||Ivar Otto Bendixson | ||1935: Ivar Otto Bendixson dies ... mathematician. Pic. | ||
||Ernest William Barnes | ||1953: Ernest William Barnes dies ... mathematician and scientist who later became a liberal theologian and bishop. | ||
File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1955: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test. | File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1955: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test. | ||
||1961 | ||1961: Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico. | ||
||1963 | ||1963: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. | ||
||1967 | ||1967: Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. | ||
||The Isdal Woman (Norwegian: Isdalskvinnen) | ||1970: The Isdal Woman (Norwegian: Isdalskvinnen) is found dead at Isdalen Valley in Bergen, Norway. Multiple investigations point to the possibility that she was a spy. Pic. | ||
||1992 | ||1992: Jean Dieudonné dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||
File:Maurice Vincent Wilkes.jpg|link=Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|2010: Computer scientist and physicist [[Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|Maurice Wilkes]] dies. He pioneered several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing. | File:Maurice Vincent Wilkes.jpg|link=Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|2010: Computer scientist and physicist [[Maurice Wilkes (nonfiction)|Maurice Wilkes]] dies. He pioneered several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing. |
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1590: Philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin dies, killed by a fall in attempting to let himself down from the window of his cell. His prolific and versatile genius produced a great variety of works, but his reckless life and libelous letters led to imprisonment.
1759: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaus I Bernoulli dies. He introduced a successful resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox.
1849: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming born. He will invent the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube.
1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1878: Allegedly haunted London cholera map stolen by alleged supervillain Abomynous; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies.
1904: John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.
1918: Writer Madeleine L'Engle born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
1924: Composer Giacomo Puccini dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
1955: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test.
2010: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes dies. He pioneered several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins award for Best Reality TV Show.