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|File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|923: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to power new form of [[scrying engine]].
||1572: Girolamo Maggi dies ... polymath.


||1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (b. c. 1523)
||1598: Theodor de Bry dies ... engraver, goldsmith, and publisher.


||1598 – Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (b. 1528)
||1809: Georges-Eugène Haussmann born ... engineer, urban planner, and politician.


||1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (d. 1891)
||1824: Johann Wilhelm Hittorf born ... physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany. Hittorf was the first to compute the electricity-carrying capacity of charged atoms and molecules (ions), an important factor in understanding electrochemical reactions. He formulated ion transport numbers and the first method for their measurements.


||Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (b. 27 March 1824) was a German physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany. Hittorf was the first to compute the electricity-carrying capacity of charged atoms and molecules (ions), an important factor in understanding electrochemical reactions. He formulated ion transport numbers and the first method for their measurements.
||1929: Samuil Shatunovsky dies ... mathematician.  He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic.


||Samuil Shatunovsky (d. 27 March 1929) was a Russian mathematician.  He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic.
||1836: Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
 
||1836 Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.


File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] born.  He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] born.  He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.


||1847 Otto Wallach, Jewish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
||1847: Otto Wallach born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1850 Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
||1850: Wilhelm Beer dies ... astronomer and banker.


||1854 Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
||1854: Giovanni Battista Grassi born ... physician, zoologist, and entomologist.


||1855 William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
||1855: William Libbey born ... target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)


||1857 Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
||1857: Karl Pearson born ... mathematician, eugenicist, and academic.


||1863 Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
||1863: Henry Royce born ... engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited.


||Tommy Bonnesen (b. 27 March 1873) was a Danish mathematician, known for Bonnesen's inequality.
||1873: Tommy Bonnesen born ... mathematician, known for Bonnesen's inequality.


||1882 Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
||1882: Thomas Graham Brown born ... mountaineer and physiologist.


||1884 A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
||1884: A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.


||The Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno (d. 27 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Pic.
||1888: The Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno dies ... priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Pic.


||1890 Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
||1890: Carl Jacob Löwig dies ... chemist and academic.


||1897 Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
||1897: Douglas Hartree born ... mathematician and physicist.


||1897 Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (d. 1961)
||1897: Fred Keating born ... magician, stage and film actor.


||1899 Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
||1899: Herbert Arthur Stuart born ... physicist and academic.


||1902 Émile Benveniste, Jewish Syrian-French linguist and semiotician (d. 1976)
||1902: Émile Benveniste born ... linguist and semiotician.


||László Kalmár (b. 27 March 1905) was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hungary.
||1905: László Kalmár born ... mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hungary.


||1910 Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
||1910: Alexander Emanuel Agassiz dies ... ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer.


File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist [[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]] dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.
File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist [[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]] dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.


||1924 Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
||1924: Margaret K. Butler born ... mathematician and computer programmer. Pic: https://www.anl.gov/article/in-memoriam-the-remarkable-career-of-margaret-butler


File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.


||Charlotte Cynthia Barnum (d. March 27, 1934), mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic.
||1924: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum dies ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic (tried), but visit library, try harder, she is interesting.


||1945 Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
||1945: Vincent Hugo Bendix dies ... engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation.


||1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
||1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.


|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 used to generate [[diagramaceous soil]], which will later be used to compensate victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1967: Jaroslav Heyrovský dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1968 Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
||1968: Yuri Gagarin dies ... Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut.


||1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
||1977: Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.


||1980 Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
||1980: Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.


||1993 Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
||1993: Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.


File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  dies.  His paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  dies.  His paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

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