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File:Charles Hermite circa 1901.jpg|link=Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|1822: Mathematician [[Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|Charles Hermite]] born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. | File:Charles Hermite circa 1901.jpg|link=Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|1822: Mathematician [[Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|Charles Hermite]] born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra. | ||
||1834: Augustus George Vernon Harcourt ... chemist, pioneer of quantitative methodology in the field of chemical kinetics. Pic. | ||1834: Augustus George Vernon Harcourt born ... chemist, pioneer of quantitative methodology in the field of chemical kinetics. Pic. | ||
||1838: Thorvald Nicolai Thiele born ... astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. | ||1838: Thorvald Nicolai Thiele born ... astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. Pic. | ||
||1854: Julius Johann Phillipp Ludwig Elster born ... teacher and physicist. He and Hans Friedrich Geitel invented the photocell. Pic search | ||1854: Julius Johann Phillipp Ludwig Elster born ... teacher and physicist. He and Hans Friedrich Geitel invented the photocell. Pic search. | ||
||1865: John Ayrton Paris dies ... physician. He is most widely remembered as a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825. No DOB. Pic. | ||1865: John Ayrton Paris dies ... physician. He is most widely remembered as a possible inventor of the thaumatrope, which he published with W. Phillips in April 1825. No DOB. Pic. | ||
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||1914: World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins. | ||1914: World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins. | ||
||1916: Charles Frederick Mosteller born ... one of the most eminent statisticians of the 20th century. Pic | ||1916: Charles Frederick Mosteller born ... one of the most eminent statisticians of the 20th century. Pic search. | ||
File:Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin.jpg|link=Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|1917: Politician [[Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|Ivan Goremykin]] dies. He is remembered for his [[Extreme Moustaches]]. | File:Ivan Logginovitch Goremykin.jpg|link=Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|1917: Politician [[Ivan Goremykin (nonfiction)|Ivan Goremykin]] dies. He is remembered for his [[Extreme Moustaches]]. | ||
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||1923: Gunnar Nordström dies ... theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic. | ||1923: Gunnar Nordström dies ... theoretical physicist best remembered for his theory of gravitation, which was an early competitor of general relativity. Nordström is often designated by modern writers as The Einstein of Finland due to his novel work in similar fields with similar methods to Einstein. Pic. | ||
||1938: Mathematician and academic William Veech born ... research concerned dynamical systems; he is particularly known for his work on interval exchange transformations, and is the namesake of the Veech surface. Pic | ||1938: Mathematician and academic William Veech born ... research concerned dynamical systems; he is particularly known for his work on interval exchange transformations, and is the namesake of the Veech surface. Pic search. | ||
||1941: Fernand Holweck dies ... physicist who made important contributions in the fields of vacuum technology, electromagnetic radiation and gravitation. He is also remembered for his personal sacrifice in the cause of the French Resistance and his aid to Allied airmen in World War II. Pic. | ||1941: Fernand Holweck dies ... physicist who made important contributions in the fields of vacuum technology, electromagnetic radiation and gravitation. He is also remembered for his personal sacrifice in the cause of the French Resistance and his aid to Allied airmen in World War II. Pic. | ||
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||1980: Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell". | ||1980: Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell". | ||
||1993: Pierre Victor Auger dies ... physicist, born in Paris. He worked in the fields of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and cosmic ray physics. | ||1993: Pierre Victor Auger dies ... physicist, born in Paris. He worked in the fields of atomic physics, nuclear physics, and cosmic ray physics. Pic. | ||
||1994: Mathematician and adademic Alfred Leon Foster dies. He studied the role of duality in Boolean theory and subsequently developed a theory of n-ality for certain rings which played for n-valued logics the role of Boolean rings vis-a-vis Boolean algebras. Pic. | ||1994: Mathematician and adademic Alfred Leon Foster dies. He studied the role of duality in Boolean theory and subsequently developed a theory of n-ality for certain rings which played for n-valued logics the role of Boolean rings vis-a-vis Boolean algebras. Pic. | ||
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1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.
1761: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons born. He will become the greatest visual comet discoverer of all time: between 1801 and 1827, Pons will discover thirty-seven comets, more than any other person in history.
1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work.
1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.
1877: Thomas Edison) files for a patent on the phonograph. The idea came to him while working on a telegraph transmitter, when he noticed that when the tape of the machine was played at high speed, it gave off a noise resembling spoken words. After experimenting with a needle attached to the diaphragm of a telephone receiver to prick paper tape to record a message, his idea evolved to using a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder.
1882: Mathematician Johann Benedict Listing dies. He introduced the term "topology" in a famous article published in 1847, having already used the term in correspondence some years earlier.
1905: Businessman, investor, aviator, film director, and philanthropist Howard Hughes born. He will be known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.
1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.
1962: Mathematician Wilhelm Ackermann dies. He discovered the Ackermann function, an important example in the theory of computation.
1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.
1996: Astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin computes the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, makes contact with AESOP.
2017: AESOP re-broadcasts 1996 conversation with astronomer and crime-fighter Vera Rubin about the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion.