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||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. | ||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. | ||
||1804: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger dies ... physician... in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, ''De Militum Morbis'', which met with a favourable reception. | ||1804: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger dies ... physician... in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, ''De Militum Morbis'', which met with a favourable reception. Pic. | ||
||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin | ||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin | ||
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||1860: Mathematician, educator, and editor David Eugene Smith born. Pic. | ||1860: Mathematician, educator, and editor David Eugene Smith born. Pic. | ||
||1868: Felix Hoffmann born ... chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin". | ||1868: Felix Hoffmann born ... chemist notable for re-synthesizing diamorphine (independently from C.R. Alder Wright who synthesized it 23 years earlier), which was popularized under the Bayer trade name of "heroin". Pic. | ||
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. | File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. | ||
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||1874: René-Louis Baire born ... mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic. | ||1874: René-Louis Baire born ... mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic. | ||
||1882: Pavel Florensky born ... mathematician and theologian. | ||1882: Pavel Florensky born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=pavel+florensky | ||
||1885: Umberto Nobile born ... engineer and explorer. | ||1885: Umberto Nobile born ... engineer and explorer. Pic. | ||
||1892: John Couch Adams dies ... mathematician and astronomer. | ||1892: John Couch Adams dies ... mathematician and astronomer. Pic. | ||
||1897: Alexander Weinstein born ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||1897: Alexander Weinstein born ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||
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File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]]. | File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]]. | ||
||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1913: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule. | File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1913: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule. | ||
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File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics. | File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics. | ||
||1926: Camillo Golgi dies ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1926: Camillo Golgi dies ... physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1928: Martin Kneser born ... mathematician. His name has been given to Kneser graphs, which he studied in 1955. | ||1928: Martin Kneser born ... mathematician. His name has been given to Kneser graphs, which he studied in 1955. Pic. | ||
||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. | ||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=Harry+Bateman+mathematician | ||
File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]]. | File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]]. | ||
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File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]]. | File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]]. | ||
||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. | ||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Leonard+Isaac+Schiff | ||
||1974: Mathematician Arnaud Denjoy dies. His contributions included work in harmonic analysis and differential equations; he was the first to define an integral which integrates all derivatives (now known as the Henstock–Kurzweil integral). Pic: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Denjoy | ||1974: Mathematician Arnaud Denjoy dies. His contributions included work in harmonic analysis and differential equations; he was the first to define an integral which integrates all derivatives (now known as the Henstock–Kurzweil integral). Pic: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Denjoy | ||
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||2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | ||2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | ||
||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. | ||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. Pic. | ||
File:Dragons_Fighting.jpg|link=Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|Dragons Fighting]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against physical constants]]. | File:Dragons_Fighting.jpg|link=Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Dragons Fighting (nonfiction)|Dragons Fighting]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against physical constants]]. | ||
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1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini born. Her collection of wax models will be known throughout Europe as Supellex Manzoliniana and be sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
1780: Steganographic analysis of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters unexpectedly reveals previously unknown templates for organic golems.
1828: Mathematician and crime-fighter Joseph Ludwig Raabe publishes new version of Raabe's ratio test, which uses the convergence or divergence of an infinite series to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1869: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin born.
1899: Chemist and crime-fighter Emil Erlenmeyer uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is born.
1900: Mathematician, theologian, and Anglican crime-fighter George Salmon uses algebraic geometry detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1901: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.
1913: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule.
1915: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
1951: Numbered cake algorithm used to manufacture new type of organic golems.
1959: Project SCORE satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "is confident that the upcoming Thule Air Base B-52 crash is a sound business investment."
1968: A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1969: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde announces new film about the Thule Air Base B-52 crash.
2018: Signed first edition of Dragons Fighting purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known Gnomon algorithm theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.