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||1908: Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent dies ... mathematician. He developed statistical formulas for the calculation of actuarial tables and studied heat conduction.  Pic.
||1908: Paul Matthieu Hermann Laurent dies ... mathematician. He developed statistical formulas for the calculation of actuarial tables and studied heat conduction.  Pic.


||1915: Fritz Joachim Weyl born ... mathematician.
||1915: Fritz Joachim Weyl born ... mathematician. Pic.


||1916: Ernst Mach dies ... physicist and philosopher. Pic.
||1916: Ernst Mach dies ... physicist and philosopher. Pic.
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||1942: World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.
||1942: World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin, killing 243 people.


||1946: Karen Silkwood born ... technician and activist.
||1946: Karen Silkwood born ... technician and activist. Pic.


File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1946: Mathematician and academic [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.  
File:Alan Turing (1930s).jpg|link=Alan Turing (nonfiction)|1946: Mathematician and academic [[Alan Turing (nonfiction)|Alan Turing]] presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.  


||1949: Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
||1949: Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. Pic.


||File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by [[transdimensional corporations]].
||File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by [[transdimensional corporations]].
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||1985: Mathematician Wilhelm Otto Ludwig Specht dies.  He introduced Specht modules, and proved the Specht criterion for unitary equivalence of matrices. Pic.
||1985: Mathematician Wilhelm Otto Ludwig Specht dies.  He introduced Specht modules, and proved the Specht criterion for unitary equivalence of matrices. Pic.


||1988: André Frédéric Cournand dies ... physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1988: André Frédéric Cournand dies ... physician and physiologist, shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Werner Forssmann and Dickinson W. Richards for the development of cardiac catheterization. Pic.


||1990: Otto E. Neugebauer dies ... mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact sciences in antiquity and into the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets, he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=otto+neugebauer
||1990: Otto E. Neugebauer dies ... mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact sciences in antiquity and into the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets, he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=otto+neugebauer
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||1986: Robert Bigham Brode dies ... American physicist, who during World War II led the group at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos laboratory that developed the fuses used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pic.
||1986: Robert Bigham Brode dies ... American physicist, who during World War II led the group at the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos laboratory that developed the fuses used in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Pic.


||2000: Samut Prakan radiation accident: retrieval operations begin.
||2000: Samut Prakan radiation accident: retrieval operations begin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samut_Prakan_radiation_accident Pic.


||2002: NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.
||2002: NASA's Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system. Pic.


||2009: Edmund Hlawka dies ... mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Pic.
||2009: Edmund Hlawka dies ... mathematician. He was a leading number theorist. Pic.


||2012: Ruth Barcan Marcus dies ... philosopher and logician.
||2012: Ruth Barcan Marcus dies ... philosopher and logician ... a pioneer regarding the quantification of modal logic as well as the theory of direct reference ... developed the schemata known as the Barcan formula. Pic.


||2013: Robert Coleman Richardson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||2013: Robert Coleman Richardson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||2014: Valeri Kubasov dies ... engineer and astronaut.
||2014: Valeri Kubasov dies ... engineer and astronaut. Kubasov performed the first welding experiments in space, along with Georgy Shonin. Pic.


File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] sponsors re-enactment of the [[Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|eruption of Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina]].
File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] sponsors re-enactment of the [[Huaynaputina (nonfiction)|eruption of Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina]].

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  • 1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

    1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.

  • 1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

    1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.

  • 1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

    1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.

  • 1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

    1616: The Inquisition asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe after Nicollo Lorin had accused Galileo Galilei of heretical remarks in a letter to his former student, Benedetto Castelli.

  • 1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

    1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.

  • 1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

    1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".

  • 1937: Physicist and crime-fighter Maria Goeppert-Mayer publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

    1937: Physicist and crime-fighter Maria Goeppert-Mayer publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.

  • 1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

    1946: Mathematician and academic Alan Turing presents the "Proposal for the Development in the Mathematics Division of an Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) to a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL); the proposal will be approved at a second meeting held a month later.

  • 2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

    2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.

  • 2017: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta Paragliding reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the ENIAC program."

    2017: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta Paragliding reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the ENIAC program."

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings 2 reveals "five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Three Kings 2 reveals "five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

    2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.

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