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||1349 – Several hundred Jews are burned to death by mobs while the remaining Jews are forcibly removed from Strasbourg. | |||
||1502 – Spanish Inquisition: The Catholic Monarchs issue a decree forcing Muslims in Granada to convert | |||
to Catholicism or leave Spain. | |||
||1779 – James Cook is killed by Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. | |||
File:Telegraph.jpg|link=Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|1855: Texas is linked by [[Electrical telegraph (nonfiction)|telegraph]] to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas. | |||
|link=|1876: Alexander Graham Bell applies for a patent for the telephone, as does Elisha Gray. | |||
||Edmund Georg Hermann Landau (b. 14 February 1877) was a German born mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and complex analysis. | |||
File:David Hilbert.jpg|link=David Hilbert (nonfiction)|1943: Mathematician [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] dies. He discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry. | File:David Hilbert.jpg|link=David Hilbert (nonfiction)|1943: Mathematician [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] dies. He discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry. | ||
File:ENIAC.jpg|link=ENIAC (nonfiction)|1949: [[ENIAC (nonfiction)|ENIAC]] programmed to select optimal Valentine's Day gift. | File:ENIAC.jpg|link=ENIAC (nonfiction)|1949: [[ENIAC (nonfiction)|ENIAC]] programmed to select optimal Valentine's Day gift. | ||
File:Karl Jansky.jpg|link=Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|1950: Physicist and engineer [[Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|Karl Guthe Jansky]] dies. He was one of the founding figures of radio astronomy. | File:Karl Jansky.jpg|link=Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|1950: Physicist and engineer [[Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|Karl Guthe Jansky]] dies. He was one of the founding figures of radio astronomy. | ||
File:Pale Blue Dot.png|link=Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|1990: The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as ''[[Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|Pale Blue Dot]]''. | File:Pale Blue Dot.png|link=Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|1990: The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as ''[[Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|Pale Blue Dot]]''. | ||
File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|2009: Record attendance for Valentine's Day performance by [[Rhizolith Group]]. | File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|2009: Record attendance for Valentine's Day performance by [[Rhizolith Group]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:50, 29 August 2017
- To Catholicism or leave Spain.
1855: Texas is linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States, with the completion of a connection between New Orleans and Marshall, Texas.
1943: Mathematician David Hilbert dies. He discovered and developed a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry.
1949: ENIAC programmed to select optimal Valentine's Day gift.
1950: Physicist and engineer Karl Guthe Jansky dies. He was one of the founding figures of radio astronomy.
1990: The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
2009: Record attendance for Valentine's Day performance by Rhizolith Group.