Template:Selected anniversaries/March 1: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
|| *** DONE: Pics *** | |||
||1547: Rudolph Goclenius born ... philosopher and lexicographer. Pic. | ||1547: Rudolph Goclenius born ... philosopher and lexicographer. Pic. | ||
| Line 22: | Line 24: | ||
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1871: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1871: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1873: E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. | ||1873: E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. Pic. | ||
||1879: Robert Daniel Carmichael born ... mathematician ... known for his research in what are now called the Carmichael numbers (a subset of Fermat pseudoprimes, numbers satisfying properties of primes described by Fermat's Little Theorem although they are not primes), Carmichael's totient function conjecture, Carmichael's theorem, and the Carmichael function, all significant in number theory and in the study of the prime numbers. Pic: http://matematica.unibocconi.it/autore/robert-daniel-carmichael | ||1879: Robert Daniel Carmichael born ... mathematician ... known for his research in what are now called the Carmichael numbers (a subset of Fermat pseudoprimes, numbers satisfying properties of primes described by Fermat's Little Theorem although they are not primes), Carmichael's totient function conjecture, Carmichael's theorem, and the Carmichael function, all significant in number theory and in the study of the prime numbers. Pic: http://matematica.unibocconi.it/autore/robert-daniel-carmichael | ||
| Line 30: | Line 32: | ||
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1893: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. | File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1893: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. | ||
||1896: Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay. | ||1896: Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay. Pic. | ||
||1908: Heinrich Maschke dies ... mathematician who proved Maschke's theorem. Pic. | ||1908: Heinrich Maschke dies ... mathematician who proved Maschke's theorem. Pic. | ||
| Line 90: | Line 92: | ||
||1990: Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. | ||1990: Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. | ||
||1991: Edwin H. Land dies ... scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation. | ||1991: Edwin H. Land dies ... scientist and businessman, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation. Pic. | ||
||2003: Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. | ||2003: Management of the United States Customs Service and the United States Secret Service move to the United States Department of Homeland Security. | ||
Revision as of 13:18, 27 February 2019
1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.
1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1871: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin invents new type of scrying engine, uses it to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1945: Field Report Number One (Peenemunde edition) spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.
1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for five hundred thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1974: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged math criminal Skip Digits performs benefit concert to raise money for the seven persons indicted for their roles in the Watergate scandal.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Taffy Bomb reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.