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||1922: Giacomo Luigi Ciamician dies ... photochemist and senator of Armenian descent. Pic.
||1922: Giacomo Luigi Ciamician dies ... photochemist and senator of Armenian descent. Pic.
||1923: Mathematician and academic Philip J. Davis born. He was known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theory, as well as his investigations in the history and philosophy of mathematics. For The Mathematical Experience (1981), Davis and Reuben Hersh will win a National Book Award in Science. Pic: https://www.brown.edu/academics/applied-mathematics/philip-j-davis-professor-emeritus


||1942: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
||1942: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.

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  • 1822: Rudolf Clausius born. He will be one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

    1822: Rudolf Clausius born. He will be one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

  • 1892: Mathematician and astronomer George Biddell Airy dies. His achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian.

    1892: Mathematician and astronomer George Biddell Airy dies. His achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich as the location of the prime meridian.

  • 1904: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler born. He will make contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.

    1904: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler born. He will make contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.

  • 1905: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann born. He will prove that any natural number greater than 1 can be written as the sum of not more than C prime numbers, where C is an effectively computable constant.

    1905: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann born. He will prove that any natural number greater than 1 can be written as the sum of not more than C prime numbers, where C is an effectively computable constant.

  • 1919: New type of scrying engine used to predict crimes against mathematical constants.

    1919: New type of scrying engine used to predict crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1920: Writer Isaac Asimov born. He will be considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime.

    1920: Writer Isaac Asimov born. He will be considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime.

  • 1943: Vandal Savage Press publishes the V-2 edition of Field Report Number One.

    1943: Vandal Savage Press publishes the V-2 edition of Field Report Number One.

  • 1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.

    1959: Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.

  • 2004: The robotic spacecraft Stardust flies by comet Wild 2, collecting dust samples which will return to Earth on 15 January 2006.

    2004: The robotic spacecraft Stardust flies by comet Wild 2, collecting dust samples which will return to Earth on 15 January 2006.

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