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||1941: Joseph Amadee Goguen born ... computer scientist.  Pic.
||1941: Joseph Amadee Goguen born ... computer scientist.  Pic.
||1941: German weather ship Lauenburg captured by Royal Navy forces. Lauenburg was used in the early years of the Second World War to provide weather reports for German shipping, particularly German U-boats. After the German use of such vessels had been identified as a weakness that could be exploited to break the Enigma code, Lauenburg was captured and sunk. The Royal Navy acquired important German code books and parts of an Enigma machine.


||1950: Korean War: North Korean Army conducts Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
||1950: Korean War: North Korean Army conducts Seoul National University Hospital massacre.

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  • 1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

    1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

  • 1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

    1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

  • 1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

    1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

  • 1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

    1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

  • 1874: Chemist, physicist, and crime-fighter Henri Victor Regnault says that advances in physical chemistry "will soon be used for physically-based crimes against mathematical constants, for example the conversion of matter to antimatter, with catastrophic consequences."

    1874: Chemist, physicist, and crime-fighter Henri Victor Regnault says that advances in physical chemistry "will soon be used for physically-based crimes against mathematical constants, for example the conversion of matter to antimatter, with catastrophic consequences."

  • 1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

    1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

  • 1888: Mathematician Georgy Voronoy publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm tessellations which detect and expose math labs.

    1888: Mathematician Georgy Voronoy publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm tessellations which detect and expose math labs.

  • 1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

    1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

  • 1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 1973: During a command performance at the White House, musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits gives the first public demonstration of the math virus which will later be known as Watergate Scandal.

    1973: During a command performance at the White House, musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits gives the first public demonstration of the math virus which will later be known as Watergate Scandal.

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