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||1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.
||1852 – The English astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope.


||Marcel Riesz (b. 16 November 1886) was a Hungarian-born mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras.
||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras.


||1904 – English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).
File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1904: English engineer [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).


||1914 – Eddie Chapman, English spy (d. 1997)
||1914: Eddie Chapman born ... spy.


||Raphael Meldola FRS (d. 16 November 1915) was a British chemist and entomologist. Meldola blue. Pic.
||1915: Raphael Meldola dies ... chemist and entomologist. Meldola blue. Pic.


||Christopher Strachey (b. 16 November 1916) was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.
||1916: Christopher Strachey (b. 16 November 1916) was a British computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.


||1922 – Gene Amdahl, American computer scientist, physicist, and engineer (d. 2015)
||1917: Derek Roy Taunt born ... mathematician who worked as a codebreaker during World War II at Bletchley Park.


||Gerhard Hessenberg (d. 16 November 1925) was a German mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs. His name is usually associated with projective geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues' theorem is a consequence of Pappus's hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for introducing the concept of a connection.
||1922: Gene Amdahl born ... computer scientist, physicist, and engineer.


||1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
||1925: Gerhard Hessenberg dies ... mathematician. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs. His name is usually associated with projective geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues' theorem is a consequence of Pappus's hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for introducing the concept of a connection.
 
||1938: LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss [[Colonel Zersetzung]] privately advises [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George P. Metesky]] to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss [[Colonel Zersetzung]] privately advises [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George P. Metesky]] to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.
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||1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
||1974 – The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.


File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|974: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].
File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].


||1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
||1974 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (b. 1882)

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  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

    1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

    1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

  • 1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

    1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

  • 1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

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