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||1916: Christopher Strachey (b. 16 November 1916) was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.
||1916: Christopher Strachey (b. 16 November 1916) was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.


||1917: Derek Roy Taunt born ... mathematician who worked as a codebreaker during World War II at Bletchley Park.
File:Derek Taunt.jpg|link=Derek Taunt (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician [[Derek Taunt (nonfiction)|Derek Taunt]] born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.


||1922: Gene Amdahl born ... computer scientist, physicist, and engineer.
||1922: Gene Amdahl born ... computer scientist, physicist, and engineer.

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  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

    1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

    1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

  • 1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

    1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

  • 1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

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