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||1647 – Denis Papin, French physicist and mathematician, developed pressure cooking (d. 1712) | |||
||1752 – William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (b. 1667) | |||
||1771 – Henry Maudslay, English engineer (d. 1831) | |||
||1828 – Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroanatomist and physiologist (b. 1758) | |||
||1834 – Samuel Pierpont Langley, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1906) | |||
||1849 – The first air raid in history. Austria launches pilotless balloons against the city of Venice. | |||
File:Jan Kochanowski.png|link=Jan Kochanowski (nonfiction)|1854: [[Jan Kochanowski (nonfiction)|Poet Jan Kochanowski]] dies. He established poetic patterns which would become integral to the Polish literary language. | File:Jan Kochanowski.png|link=Jan Kochanowski (nonfiction)|1854: [[Jan Kochanowski (nonfiction)|Poet Jan Kochanowski]] dies. He established poetic patterns which would become integral to the Polish literary language. | ||
||1860 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, created the Nipkow disk (d. 1940) | |||
||1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940) | |||
||1873 – Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928) | |||
||1913 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1993) | |||
||1915 – James Hillier, Canadian-American scientist, co-designed the electron microscope (d. 2007) | |||
||1918 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868) | |||
File:Johannes Diderik van der Waals.jpg|link=Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|1919: Theoretical physicist and crime-fighter [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|Johannes Diderik van der Waals]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]] based on the states of gases and liquids. | File:Johannes Diderik van der Waals.jpg|link=Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|1919: Theoretical physicist and crime-fighter [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|Johannes Diderik van der Waals]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]] based on the states of gases and liquids. | ||
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File:Ray Bradbury 1959.jpg|link=Ray Bradbury (nonfiction)|1920: Science fiction writer and screenwriter [[Ray Bradbury (nonfiction)|Ray Bradbury]] born. ''The New York Times'' will call Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". | File:Ray Bradbury 1959.jpg|link=Ray Bradbury (nonfiction)|1920: Science fiction writer and screenwriter [[Ray Bradbury (nonfiction)|Ray Bradbury]] born. ''The New York Times'' will call Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". | ||
||1932 – Gerald P. Carr, American engineer, colonel, and astronaut | |||
File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|1943: Signed first edition of ''Janet Beta at ENIAC'' traded for freshly minted [[1943 Eleanor Roosevelt dime]]. | File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|1943: Signed first edition of ''Janet Beta at ENIAC'' traded for freshly minted [[1943 Eleanor Roosevelt dime]]. | ||
||1933 – Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858) | |||
||1940 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851) | |||
||1953 – The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed. | |||
||1962 – The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle. | |||
||1963 – X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)). | |||
||1967 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903) | |||
File:Jacob Bronowski.jpg|link=Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor [[Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|Jacob Bronowski]] dies. | File:Jacob Bronowski.jpg|link=Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor [[Jacob Bronowski (nonfiction)|Jacob Bronowski]] dies. | ||
File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician and educator [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|1975: Statistician and educator [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||2004 – Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway. | |||
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Revision as of 17:14, 16 August 2017
1854: Poet Jan Kochanowski dies. He established poetic patterns which would become integral to the Polish literary language.
1919: Theoretical physicist and crime-fighter Johannes Diderik van der Waals publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants based on the states of gases and liquids.
1920: Science fiction writer and screenwriter Ray Bradbury born. The New York Times will call Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream".
1943: Signed first edition of Janet Beta at ENIAC traded for freshly minted 1943 Eleanor Roosevelt dime.
1974: Mathematician, historian of science, theatre author, poet, and inventor Jacob Bronowski dies.
1975: Statistician and educator George E. P. Box publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on time-series analysis and Bayesian inference, which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.