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||1408 – Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. | |||
||1624 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560) | |||
||1770 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692) | |||
||1784 – Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753) | |||
||1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. | |||
||1863 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933) | |||
||1868 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951) | |||
||1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906) | |||
File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | ||
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1871: new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] exploits uncertainty about the fate of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''. | File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1871: new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] exploits uncertainty about the fate of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''. | ||
||1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951) | |||
||1895 – Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969) | |||
||1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984) | |||
||1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966) | |||
File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known. | File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known. | ||
||1903 – C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969) | |||
||1907 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993) | |||
||1916 – Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (d. 2013) | |||
File:Fugitive Rubies and hand x-ray.jpg|link=Evil bit release|1923: Photograph says it captured moment of [[Evil bit release]]. | File:Fugitive Rubies and hand x-ray.jpg|link=Evil bit release|1923: Photograph says it captured moment of [[Evil bit release]]. | ||
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1963: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] used in new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1931 – Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin. | |||
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1932: German-born Swiss physicist [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] is granted an American visa. | |||
||1943 – World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow. | |||
||1955 – Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886) | |||
||1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. | |||
||1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh. | |||
|File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1963: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] used in new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1964 – Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response. | |||
||1965 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874) | |||
File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|1964: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union. | File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|1964: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union. | ||
File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|1966: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] embeds himself within [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color Commentator's Union]] as participatory journalist. | File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton (nonfiction)|1966: [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|George Plimpton]] embeds himself within [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color Commentator's Union]] as participatory journalist. | ||
||1969 – Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884) | |||
||1973 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892) | |||
||1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922), earth age data, lead poisoning | |||
File:Fluorescence chemistry.jpg|link=Chromo-Pee Olympics|1973: Former [[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] champion joins [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] union. | File:Fluorescence chemistry.jpg|link=Chromo-Pee Olympics|1973: Former [[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] champion joins [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] union. | ||
||2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901) | |||
||2008 – George Brecht, American chemist and composer (b. 1926) | |||
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Revision as of 19:48, 21 October 2017
1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1871: new class of crimes against mathematical constants exploits uncertainty about the fate of Mary Celeste.
1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.
1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.
1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.
1973: Former Chromo-Pee Olympics champion joins Color commentators union.