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||1820: Anders Sparrman dies ... naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
||1820: Anders Sparrman dies ... naturalist, abolitionist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
||1853: Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński dies ... Messianist philosopher, mathematician, physicist, inventor, lawyer, and economist. He was born Hoene to a municipal architect in 1776 but changed his name in 1815. In 1803, Wroński joined the Marseille Observatory but was forced to leave the observatory after his theories were dismissed as grandiose rubbish. In mathematics, Wroński introduced a novel series expansion for a function in response to Joseph Louis Lagrange's use of infinite series. The coefficients in Wroński's new series form the Wronskian, a determinant Thomas Muir named in 1882. Pic.


||1861: Dorothea Klumpke born ... astronomer and academic.
||1861: Dorothea Klumpke born ... astronomer and academic.

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  • 1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

    1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

  • 1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

    1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."

  • 1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

    1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

  • 1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Vito Volterra uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend math criminals.

    1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Vito Volterra uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend math criminals.

  • 1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

    1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Nixon's resignation.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Nixon's resignation.

  • 1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

    1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."

  • 2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    2000: Mathematician and crime-fighter Armand Borel publishes new theory of linear algebraic groups with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

    2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

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