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||1998: Sally Shlaer dies ... mathematician and engineer. Pic. | ||1998: Sally Shlaer dies ... mathematician and engineer. Pic. | ||
||2005: Computer scientist Jerre Noe dies. In the 1950s, he led the technical team for the ERMA project, the Bank of America's first venture into computerized banking. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Jerre+Noe | |||
||2013: Mavis Lilian Batey dies ... code-breaker during World War II. Pic: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-mavis-batey-8960761.html | ||2013: Mavis Lilian Batey dies ... code-breaker during World War II. Pic: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-mavis-batey-8960761.html |
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1793: Astronomer, mathematician, and political leader Jean Sylvain Bailly is guillotined during the Reign of Terror. He participated in the early stages of the French Revolution, presiding over the Tennis Court Oath, and serving as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791.
1941: New York mobster and hit man turned goverment informant Abe Reles falls to his death while under police custody. Despite knotted sheets and other evidence of an escape attempt, there is widespread belief that Reles was murdered to prevent him from testifying.
1942: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta discovers evidence Colonel Zersetzung is secretly diverting government-issued Extract of Radium for his personal use.
1944: Mathematician George David Birkhoff dies. He was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.
1946: Military officer and alleged crime bos Colonel Zersetzung uses Extract of Radium to secretly synthesize illegal Clandestiphrine.
1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.
1989: AESOP predicts that Tim Berners-Lee will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.
1990: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
2016: Reaching voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.