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||1862: The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died. | ||1862: The largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died. | ||
||1889: Jenő Hunyady dies ... mathematician noted for his work on conic sections and linear algebra, specifically on determinants. Pic. | |||
||1896: Physicist Georgi Nadjakov born. He investigated the photoconducting properties of sulphur. He prepared the permanent photoelectret state of matter for the first time. Pic. | ||1896: Physicist Georgi Nadjakov born. He investigated the photoconducting properties of sulphur. He prepared the permanent photoelectret state of matter for the first time. Pic. | ||
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1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will construct mechanical computers which anticipate the concept of programmable digital computers.
1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
1899: Engineer and crime-fighter Gustave Eiffel uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.
2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Blue Foliage unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.