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File:Howard Hughes 1940s.jpg|link=Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist [[Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|Howard Hughes]] born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.
File:Howard Hughes 1940s.jpg|link=Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist [[Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|Howard Hughes]] born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.


||Hendrik Wade Bode (b. December 24, 1905) was an American engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist, of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research. Pic.
||1905: Hendrik Wade Bode born ... engineer, researcher, inventor, author and scientist, of Dutch ancestry. As a pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications he revolutionized both the content and methodology of his chosen fields of research. Pic.


File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1906: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
File:Reginald Fessenden.jpg|link=Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|1906: Inventor [[Reginald Fessenden (nonfiction)|Reginald Fessenden]] transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.


||1913 – The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
||1913: The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".


||1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
||1914: World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
 
||1916: Charles Frederick Mosteller born ... one of the most eminent statisticians of the 20th century.  Pic: https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=x-raw-image%3A%2F%2F%2F9fff90814bdb2b37665bf85fb0409670db7ed01cb0366833d3d6e03f59f90c07&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasonline.org%2Fpublications%2Fbiographical-memoirs%2Fmemoir-pdfs%2Fmosteller-frederick.pdf&docid=zX_zisTRZzGcFM&tbnid=NyvbS4GQ_5-TbM%3A&vet=10ahUKEwiQlY6whobdAhUM2IMKHQAgBWwQMwg7KAEwAQ..i&w=557&h=646&bih=588&biw=1175&q=Frederick%20Mosteller&ved=0ahUKEwiQlY6whobdAhUM2IMKHQAgBWwQMwg7KAEwAQ&iact=mrc&uact=8


File:Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin.jpg|link=Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|1917: Politician [[Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|Ivan Goremykin]] dies. He is remembered for his [[Extreme Moustaches]].
File:Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin.jpg|link=Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|1917: Politician [[Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|Ivan Goremykin]] dies. He is remembered for his [[Extreme Moustaches]].


||Gunnar Nordström (d. 24 December 1923) was a Finnish theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic.
||1923: Gunnar Nordström dies ... theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic.


||Fernand Holweck (d. 24 December 1941) was a French physicist who made important contributions in the fields of vacuum technology, electromagnetic radiation and gravitation. He is also remembered for his personal sacrifice in the cause of the French Resistance and his aid to Allied airmen in World War II. Pic.
||1941: Fernand Holweck dies ... physicist who made important contributions in the fields of vacuum technology, electromagnetic radiation and gravitation. He is also remembered for his personal sacrifice in the cause of the French Resistance and his aid to Allied airmen in World War II. Pic.


||1945 – Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.
||1945 – Five of nine children become missing after their home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, is burned down.

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  • 1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

    1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.

  • 1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.

    1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.

  • 1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

    1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.

  • 1877: Thomas Edison) files for a patent on the phonograph. The idea came to him while working on a telegraph transmitter, when he noticed that when the tape of the machine was played at high speed, it gave off a noise resembling spoken words. After experimenting with a needle attached to the diaphragm of a telephone receiver to prick paper tape to record a message, his idea evolved to using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder.

    1877: Thomas Edison) files for a patent on the phonograph. The idea came to him while working on a telegraph transmitter, when he noticed that when the tape of the machine was played at high speed, it gave off a noise resembling spoken words. After experimenting with a needle attached to the diaphragm of a telephone receiver to prick paper tape to record a message, his idea evolved to using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder.

  • 1881: Physician, physiologist, and crime-fighter Emil du Bois-Reymond uses experimental electrophysiology techniques to demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy exerted by Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1881: Physician, physiologist, and crime-fighter Emil du Bois-Reymond uses experimental electrophysiology techniques to demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy exerted by Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

    1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.

  • 1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

    1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.

  • 1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

    1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

  • 1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.

    1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.

  • 1962: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann dies. He discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.

    1962: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann dies. He discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.

  • 1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.

    1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.

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