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||1441: Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer. No DOB. Pic search unlikely: https://www.google.com/search?q=roger+bolingbroke
||1441: Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer. No DOB. Pic search unlikely: https://www.google.com/search?q=roger+bolingbroke


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||1906: George Wald born ... neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1906: George Wald born ... neurobiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1913: Alessandro Faedo born ... mathematician and politician, born in Chiampo. He is known for his work in numerical analysis, leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method: he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa, becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on the development of the university.
||1913: Mathematician and politician Alessandro Faedo born ... known for his work in numerical analysis, leading to the Faedo–Galerkin method: he was one of the pupils of Leonida Tonelli and, after his death, he succeeded him on the chair of mathematical analysis at the University of Pisa, becoming dean of the faculty of sciences and then rector and exerting a strong positive influence on the development of the university. Pic.


||1919: Mathematician [[Adolf Hurwitz (nonfiction)|Adolf Hurwitz]] died.  He worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory. Pic.
||1919: Mathematician [[Adolf Hurwitz (nonfiction)|Adolf Hurwitz]] died.  He worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory. Pic.
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||1932: Frederick Jelinek born ... researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing. He is well known for his oft-quoted statement, "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up". Pic: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/business/24jelinek.html
||1932: Frederick Jelinek born ... researcher in information theory, automatic speech recognition, and natural language processing. He is well known for his oft-quoted statement, "Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up". Pic: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/business/24jelinek.html
||1938: Trade union members elect John L. Lewis as the first president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.


||1941: Walther Nernst dies ... chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pic.
||1941: Walther Nernst dies ... chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Pic.
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||1945: Jacob Tamarkin dies ... mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Jacob+David+Tamarkin
||1945: Jacob Tamarkin dies ... mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Jacob+David+Tamarkin


||1956: Jim Weirich born ... computer scientist, developed Rake Software.
||1956: Jim Weirich born ... computer scientist, developed Rake Software. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=jim+weirich


File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1959: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.
File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1959: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.

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  • 1724: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão dies.

    1724: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão dies.

  • 1831: Physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. born. He will make important investigations on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; he will be one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire.

    1831: Physicist Johannes Bosscha Jr. born. He will make important investigations on galvanic polarization and the rapidity of sound waves; he will be one of the first (1855) to suggest the possibility of sending two messages simultaneously over the same wire.

  • 1865: Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in The Saturday Press.

    1865: Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in The Saturday Press.

  • 1866: Physicist and crime-fighter Georg Hermann Quincke uses the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

    1866: Physicist and crime-fighter Georg Hermann Quincke uses the influence of electric forces upon the constants of different forms of matter to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

  • 1959: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.

    1959: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin dies. He was one of the founders of modern probability theory.

  • 1962: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

    1962: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

  • 2013: NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

    2013: NASA launches the MAVEN probe to Mars.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the MAVEN probe to Mars.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates fourth anniversary of NASA launching the MAVEN probe to Mars.

  • 2018: Steganographic analysis of Cowries reveals "at least three hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2018: Steganographic analysis of Cowries reveals "at least three hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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