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||1484 – Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician and scholar (d. 1558)
||1484: Julius Caesar Scaliger born ... physician and scholar.


||Johannes (van Waveren) Hudde (b. 1628) was a burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam between 1672 – 1703, a mathematician and governor of the Dutch East India Company.
||1628L Johannes Hudde born ... burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam between 1672 – 1703, a mathematician and governor of the Dutch East India Company.


||1635 – The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
||1635: The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.


File:Thomas Fincke.jpg|link=Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|1640: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]] uses the trigonometric functions tangent and secant to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Thomas Fincke.jpg|link=Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|1640: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]] uses the trigonometric functions tangent and secant to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1661 – Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (d. 1730)
||1661: Issachar Berend Lehmann born ... banker, merchant and diplomat.


||Rev John Thomas Romney Robinson (b. 23 April 1792), usually referred to as Thomas Romney Robinson, was an astronomer and physicist. He was the longtime director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory, one of the chief astronomical observatories in the UK of its time. Robinson will invent the 4-cup anemometer. Pic.
||1792: Rev John Thomas Romney Robinson born ... astronomer and physicist. He was the longtime director of the Armagh Astronomical Observatory, one of the chief astronomical observatories in the UK of its time. Robinson will invent the 4-cup anemometer. Pic.


||1856 – Granville Woods, American inventor and engineer (d. 1910)
||1856: Granville Woods born ... inventor and engineer.


File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1858: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1858: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
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File:Gnotilus_Klein_bottles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|1859: Artificial intelligence and alleged supervillain [[Gnotilus]] manifests itself as three-stage [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]]. This will quickly lead to a major spike in [[crimes against mathematical constants]], as well as outbreaks of [[Scrimshaw abuse]].
File:Gnotilus_Klein_bottles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|1859: Artificial intelligence and alleged supervillain [[Gnotilus]] manifests itself as three-stage [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]]. This will quickly lead to a major spike in [[crimes against mathematical constants]], as well as outbreaks of [[Scrimshaw abuse]].


||Edward Joshua Cooper (d. 23 April 1863) was an Irish landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory. Pic. No birth date.
||1863: Edward Joshua Cooper dies ... landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory. Pic. No birth date.


||1867 – Johannes Fibiger, Danish physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
||1867: Johannes Fibiger born ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Hebern_electric_code_machine.jpg|link=Edward Hebern (nonfiction)|1869: Inventor [[Edward Hebern (nonfiction)|Edward Hugh Hebern]] born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.
File:Hebern_electric_code_machine.jpg|link=Edward Hebern (nonfiction)|1869: Inventor [[Edward Hebern (nonfiction)|Edward Hugh Hebern]] born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.


||1895 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (b. 1815)
||1895: Carl Ludwig dies ... physician and physiologist.


||1899 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult (d. 1982)
||1899: Minoru Shirota born ... physician and microbiologist, invented Yakult.


||1901 – E. B. Ford, English biologist and geneticist (d. 1988)
||1901: E. B. Ford born ... biologist and geneticist.


||1902: Boyd Crumrine Patterson born ... was a mathematician and the 9th president of Washington & Jefferson College. During his presidency, the college's endowment expanded from $2.3 million to nearly $11 million. Pic.
||1902: Boyd Crumrine Patterson born ... was a mathematician and the 9th president of Washington & Jefferson College. During his presidency, the college's endowment expanded from $2.3 million to nearly $11 million. Pic.


||Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin (b. 23 April 1908) was a Soviet mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the concept of "symbol of a singular integral operator", which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators. Pic.
||1908: Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin born ... mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the concept of "symbol of a singular integral operator", which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators. Pic.


||1915 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman (d. 2000)
||1915: Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman.


||Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky (b. 23 April 1919), codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Penkovsky was responsible for informing the United Kingdom about the Soviet emplacement of missiles in Cuba, thus providing both the UK and the United States with the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with Soviet Russia. Pic.
||1919: Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky born ... codenamed HERO, was a Soviet military intelligence (GRU) colonel during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Penkovsky was responsible for informing the United Kingdom about the Soviet emplacement of missiles in Cuba, thus providing both the UK and the United States with the precise knowledge necessary to address rapidly developing military tensions with Soviet Russia. Pic.


||Henry Ernest Dudeney (d. 23 April 1930) was an English author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles. Pic.
||1930: Henry Ernest Dudeney dies ... author and mathematician who specialised in logic puzzles and mathematical games. He is known as one of the country's foremost creators of mathematical puzzles. Pic.


File:Annie Easley.jpg|link=Annie Easley (nonfiction)|1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer [[Annie Easley (nonfiction)|Annie Easley]] born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
File:Annie Easley.jpg|link=Annie Easley (nonfiction)|1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer [[Annie Easley (nonfiction)|Annie Easley]] born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.
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File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1933: Mathematician and crime fighter [[Alice Beta]] stops the [[Forbidden Ratio]] from kidnapping newborn infant [[Annie Easley (nonfiction)|Annie Easley]]. The [[Forbidden Ratio]] is one of several criminal [[Function (nonfiction)|mathematical functions]] which prey upon [[mathematicians]] and other scientists.
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1933: Mathematician and crime fighter [[Alice Beta]] stops the [[Forbidden Ratio]] from kidnapping newborn infant [[Annie Easley (nonfiction)|Annie Easley]]. The [[Forbidden Ratio]] is one of several criminal [[Function (nonfiction)|mathematical functions]] which prey upon [[mathematicians]] and other scientists.


||1940 – The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
||1940: The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.


File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|1941:  Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.
File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|1941:  Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.


||Jack Howard Silver (b. 23 April 1942) was a set theorist, logician, and academic.He made several contributions to set theory in the areas of large cardinals and the constructible universe L. Pic.
||1942: Jack Howard Silver born ... set theorist, logician, and academic. He made several contributions to set theory in the areas of large cardinals and the constructible universe L. Pic.


||1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.
||1945: World War II: Adolf Hitler's designated successor Hermann Göring sends him a telegram asking permission to take leadership of the Third Reich, which causes Hitler to replace him with Joseph Goebbels and Karl Dönitz.


||Édouard Chatton (d. 23 April 1947) was a French biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. Pic.
||1947: Édouard Chatton dies ... biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. Pic.


||1951 – American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.
||1951: American journalist William N. Oatis is arrested for espionage by the Communist government of Czechoslovakia.


File:Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division).jpg|link=Flying Diner|1955: The [[Flying Diner]] begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
File:Worcester Lunch Car Company (Research Division).jpg|link=Flying Diner|1955: The [[Flying Diner]] begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||Sir Edward Wilfred Harry Travis (d. 23 April 1956) was a British cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ. Pic.
||1956: Sir Edward Wilfred Harry Travis dies ... cryptographer and intelligence officer, becoming the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and later the head of GCHQ. Pic.


||1961 – Algiers putsch by French generals.
||1961: Algiers putsch by French generals.


||1965 – George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
||1964: Art historian and Soviet spy Anthony Blunt confesses to MI5. Queen Elizabeth II is informed shortly thereafter.
 
||1965: George Adamski dies ... ufologist and author.


File:Soyuz 1 patch.png|link=Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|1967: Soviet space program: [[Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|Soyuz 1]] (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.
File:Soyuz 1 patch.png|link=Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|1967: Soviet space program: [[Soyuz 1 (nonfiction)|Soyuz 1]] (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.


||Robert Brainard Corey (d. April 23, 1971) was an American biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling.  
||1971: Robert Brainard Corey dies ... biochemist, mostly known for his role in discovery of the α-helix and the β-sheet with Linus Pauling.  


||1998 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1928)
||1998: James Earl Ray born ... assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr.


||2013 – Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
||2013: Frank W. J. Olver dies ... mathematician and academic.


File:Spiral.jpg|link=Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|Spiral]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least a hundred kilobytes" of encrypted data, "probably some new function in the [[Gnomon algorithm]] family."
File:Spiral.jpg|link=Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|Spiral]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least a hundred kilobytes" of encrypted data, "probably some new function in the [[Gnomon algorithm]] family."
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Revision as of 17:09, 24 August 2018

  • 1640: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Thomas Fincke uses the trigonometric functions tangent and secant to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1640: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Thomas Fincke uses the trigonometric functions tangent and secant to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.

    1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.

  • 1859: Artificial intelligence and alleged supervillain Gnotilus manifests itself as three-stage Klein bottle. This will quickly lead to a major spike in crimes against mathematical constants, as well as outbreaks of Scrimshaw abuse.

    1859: Artificial intelligence and alleged supervillain Gnotilus manifests itself as three-stage Klein bottle. This will quickly lead to a major spike in crimes against mathematical constants, as well as outbreaks of Scrimshaw abuse.

  • 1869: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

    1869: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

  • 1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.

    1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.

  • 1933: Mathematician and crime fighter Alice Beta stops the Forbidden Ratio from kidnapping newborn infant Annie Easley. The Forbidden Ratio is one of several criminal mathematical functions which prey upon mathematicians and other scientists.

    1933: Mathematician and crime fighter Alice Beta stops the Forbidden Ratio from kidnapping newborn infant Annie Easley. The Forbidden Ratio is one of several criminal mathematical functions which prey upon mathematicians and other scientists.

  • 1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.

    1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.

  • 1955: The Flying Diner begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1955: The Flying Diner begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

    1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

  • 2018: Steganographic analysis of Spiral unexpectedly reveals "at least a hundred kilobytes" of encrypted data, "probably some new function in the Gnomon algorithm family."

    2018: Steganographic analysis of Spiral unexpectedly reveals "at least a hundred kilobytes" of encrypted data, "probably some new function in the Gnomon algorithm family."

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