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File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.


||1741 – Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian hydrographer and explorer (b. 1681)
||1741: Vitus Bering born ... hydrographer and explorer.


||1852 – Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
||1852: Albert Abraham Michelson born ... physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1875 – Mileva Maric, Serbian physicist (d. 1948)
||1875: Mileva Maric born ... physicist.


||1875 – Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (d. 1962)
||1875: Grace Marie Bareis born ... mathematician.


||Balfour Stewart (d. 19 December 1887) was a Scottish physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868.
||1887: Balfour Stewart dies ... physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868.


||1900 – Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine ''Weird Tales'' (d. 1976)
||1900: Margaret Brundage born ... illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine ''Weird Tales''.


File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system.
File:Rudolph Hell.gif|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|1901: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] born. He will invent the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]] teleprinter system.


||1903 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
||1903: George Davis Snell born ... geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1912 – William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.
||1912: William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after three-and-a-half-years in Sing Sing prison.


||Ernst Stuhlinger (b. December 19, 1913) was a German-American atomic, electrical, and rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, he developed guidance systems with Wernher von Braun's team for the US Army, and later was a scientist with NASA. He was also instrumental in the development of the ion engine for long-endurance space flight, and a wide variety of scientific experiments. Pic.
||1913: Ernst Stuhlinger born ... atomic, electrical, and rocket scientist. After being brought to the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, he developed guidance systems with Wernher von Braun's team for the US Army, and later was a scientist with NASA. He was also instrumental in the development of the ion engine for long-endurance space flight, and a wide variety of scientific experiments. Pic.


||Arthur Williams Wright (d. December 19, 1915) was an American physicist. His research, which ranged from electricity to astronomy, produced the first X-ray image and experimented with Röntgen rays.  Pic.
||1915: Arthur Williams Wright dies ... physicist. His research, which ranged from electricity to astronomy, produced the first X-ray image and experimented with Röntgen rays.  Pic.


||Robert "Bob" Osserman (b. December 19, 1926) was an American mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. Pic.
||1926: Robert "Bob" Osserman born ... mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. Pic.


||Dmitry Aleksandrovich Grave (d. December 19, 1939) was a Russian and Soviet mathematician.
||1932: Crispin St. John Alvah Nash-Williams ... mathematician. His research interest was in the field of discrete mathematics, especially graph theory. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Nash-Williams.html


||1946 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (b. 1872)
||1939: Dmitry Aleksandrovich Grave dies ... mathematician.
 
||1946: Paul Langevin dies ... physicist and academic (b. 1872)


File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1953: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
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File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.


|File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1964: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1972: Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
 
|File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1961: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to forecast [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966 Palomares B-52 crash]] with 99.5% certainty.
 
|File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|1965: Flock of [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] gathers after [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|recovery of Palomares bomb]].
 
||1972 – Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
 
||Frederick Emmons Terman (d. December 19, 1982) was an American professor and academic administrator. He is widely credited (together with William Shockley) as being the father of Silicon Valley. Pic.


||1986 – Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.
||1982: Frederick Emmons Terman dies ... professor and academic administrator. He is widely credited (together with William Shockley) as being the father of Silicon Valley. Pic.


||Hans Rohrbach (d. 19 December 1993) was a German mathematician. He worked both as an algebraist and a number theorist and later worked as cryptanalyst at Pers Z S, the German Foreign Office cipher bureau, during World War II. Pic.
||1986: Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, releases Andrei Sakharov and his wife from exile in Gorky.


||1998 – Mel Fisher, American treasure hunter (b. 1922)
||1993: Hans Rohrbach dies ... mathematician. He worked both as an algebraist and a number theorist and later worked as cryptanalyst at Pers Z S, the German Foreign Office cipher bureau, during World War II. Pic.


||Dennis William Siahou Sciama, FRS (d. 18/19 December 1999) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
||1998: Mel Fisher dies ... treasure hunter (b. 1922)


||2004 – Herbert C. Brown, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
||1999: Dennis William Siahou Sciama (d. 18/19 December 1999) was a British physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.


||2005 – Vincent Gigante, American mobster (b. 1927)
||2004: Herbert C. Brown dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


|File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2009: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] stolen masterpiece ''Lebanon'' recovered using [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]]'s quicksort routine.
||2005: Vincent Gigante dies ... mobster.


||2013 – Spacecraft ''Gaia'' is launched by European Space Agency.
||2013: Spacecraft ''Gaia'' is launched by European Space Agency.


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  • 1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

    1714: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop born. He will be one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

  • Rudolph Hell.gif

    1901: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell born. He will invent the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.

  • 1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

    1953: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan dies. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

  • 1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

    1956: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

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