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||1942: Max Ernst August Bodenstein dies ... physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb. Pic.
||1942: Max Ernst August Bodenstein dies ... physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb. Pic.


File:Humpty Dumpty At Bat.jpg|link=Humpty Dumpty At Bat|2017: Signed first edition of ''[[Humpty Dumpty At Bat]]'' sells for two hundred thousand dollars.
||1954: The German submarine U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.


||1954: The German submarine U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
File:Forbidden indifference subgraphs.png|link=Forbidden graph characterization (nonfiction)|1975: Vulnerability in [[Forbidden graph characterization (nonfiction)|Forbidden graph characterization]] exploited in blackmail scheme by criminal mathematician [[Anarchimedes]].


File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1976: Viking program: The [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]].
File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1976: Viking program: The [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]].

Revision as of 13:07, 3 September 2018

  • 1658: Oliver Cromwell dies. He was a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

    1658: Oliver Cromwell dies. He was a military and political leader and later Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

  • 1814: Mathematician and academic James Joseph Sylvester born. He will make fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

    1814: Mathematician and academic James Joseph Sylvester born. He will make fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

  • 1916: Archaeologist and crime-fighter Sylvanus Morley uses archaeological expedition to Mexico during World War I as cover story for secret investigation into alleged Maya-related crimes against mathematical constants.

    1916: Archaeologist and crime-fighter Sylvanus Morley uses archaeological expedition to Mexico during World War I as cover story for secret investigation into alleged Maya-related crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1928: Inventor Philo Farnsworth demonstrates his electronic television system to the press.

    1928: Inventor Philo Farnsworth demonstrates his electronic television system to the press.

  • 1975: Vulnerability in Forbidden graph characterization exploited in blackmail scheme by criminal mathematician Anarchimedes.

    1975: Vulnerability in Forbidden graph characterization exploited in blackmail scheme by criminal mathematician Anarchimedes.

  • 1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

    1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the end of the Viking 2 spacecraft landing at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the end of the Viking 2 spacecraft landing at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

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