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||1635 – Johann Joachim Becher, German physician and alchemist (d. 1682) | |||
File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation. | File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation. | ||
||1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834) | |||
||1782 – Christine Kirch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1696) | |||
File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | ||
||1843 – Grove Karl Gilbert, American geologist and academic (d. 1918) geomorphology, planetary science | |||
||1848 – Henry Edward Armstrong, English chemist and academic (d. 1937) | |||
||1871 – Victor Grignard, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) | |||
||1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934) | |||
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco. | File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco. | ||
||1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966) | |||
||1906 – André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998) | |||
||1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997) | |||
||1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) | |||
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]. | File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]. | ||
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File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers. | File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers. | ||
||1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869) | |||
||1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870) | |||
||1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881) | |||
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. | |||
||2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930) | |||
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Revision as of 17:41, 25 August 2017
1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1875: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1895: Mathematician and academic Júlio César de Mello e Souza born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
1936: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming Hindenburg disaster.
1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating Egon Rhodomunde's hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the Hindenburg disaster.
1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
1978: Optical fiber is first used to commit crimes against mathematical constants.