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||1293 – Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)
||1293: Henry of Ghent dies ... philosopher.


||1793 – Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor, invented the propeller (d. 1857)
||1793: Josef Ressel born ... inventor, invented the propeller.


||Moritz Abraham Stern (b. 29 June 1807) was a German mathematician. Stern was interested in primes that cannot be expressed as the sum of a prime and twice a square (now known as Stern primes). He is known for formulating Stern's diatomic series, which counts the number of ways to write a number as a sum of powers of two with no power used more than twice. Pic.
||1807: Moritz Abraham Stern born ... mathematician. Stern was interested in primes that cannot be expressed as the sum of a prime and twice a square (now known as Stern primes). He is known for formulating Stern's diatomic series, which counts the number of ways to write a number as a sum of powers of two with no power used more than twice. Pic.


||1818 – Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer and academic (d. 1878) Fr. Pietro Angelo Secchi SJ (b. 29 June 1818) was an Italian astronomer. He was Director of the Observatory at the Pontifical Gregorian University (then called the Roman College) for 28 years. He was a pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.
||1818: Angelo Secchi born ... astronomer and academic ... pioneer in astronomical spectroscopy, and was one of the first scientists to state authoritatively that the Sun is a star.


||Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee (b. 29 June 1864) was a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awarded a dual degree (MA in Mathematics and Physics) from Calcutta University. Perhaps the most emphatic figure of Indian education, he was a man of great personality, high self-respect, courage and towering administrative ability. The second Indian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta for four consecutive two-year terms (1906–1914) and a fifth two-year term (1921–23), Mukherjee was responsible for the foundation of the Bengal Technical Institute in 1906 and the College of Science of the Calcutta University in 1914. Mukherjee also played a vital role in the founding of the University College of Law popularly known as Hazra Law College. The Calcutta Mathematical Society was also founded by Mukherjee in 1908 and he served as the president of the Society from 1908 to 1923. He was also the president of the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress in 1914. The Ashutosh College was also founded under his stewardship in 1916, when he was Vice-chancellor of University of Calcutta. He was often called "Banglar Bagh" ("Tiger of Bengal") for his high self-esteem, courage, academic integrity and a general intransigent attitude towards the British Government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashutosh_Mukherjee
||1864: Ashutosh Mukherjee born ... educator, jurist, barrister and mathematician. He was the first student to be awarded a dual degree (MA in Mathematics and Physics) from Calcutta University. Perhaps the most emphatic figure of Indian education, he was a man of great personality, high self-respect, courage and towering administrative ability. The second Indian Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta for four consecutive two-year terms (1906–1914) and a fifth two-year term (1921–23), Mukherjee was responsible for the foundation of the Bengal Technical Institute in 1906 and the College of Science of the Calcutta University in 1914. Mukherjee also played a vital role in the founding of the University College of Law popularly known as Hazra Law College. The Calcutta Mathematical Society was also founded by Mukherjee in 1908 and he served as the president of the Society from 1908 to 1923. He was also the president of the inaugural session of the Indian Science Congress in 1914. The Ashutosh College was also founded under his stewardship in 1916, when he was Vice-chancellor of University of Calcutta. He was often called "Banglar Bagh" ("Tiger of Bengal") for his high self-esteem, courage, academic integrity and a general intransigent attitude towards the British Government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashutosh_Mukherjee


File:George Ellery Hale.jpg|link=George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|1868: Astronomer and journalist [[George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|George Ellery Hale]] born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
File:George Ellery Hale.jpg|link=George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|1868: Astronomer and journalist [[George Ellery Hale (nonfiction)|George Ellery Hale]] born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
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File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1869: ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize for Most Astonishing Illustration of the Year.
File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|1869: ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize for Most Astonishing Illustration of the Year.


||1873 – Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (d. 1938)
||1873: Leo Frobenius born ... ethnologist and archaeologist.


||1888 – Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925)
||1888: Alexander Friedmann born ... physicist and mathematician.


||Ernest Amédée Barthélemy Mouchez (d. 29 June 1892) was a French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project in 1887.
||1892: Ernest Amédée Barthélemy Mouchez dies ... French naval officer who became director of the Paris Observatory and launched the ill-fated Carte du Ciel project in 1887.


||Eduard Čech (b. 29 June 1893) was a Czech mathematician born in Stračov (then Bohemia, Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic). His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification (in topology) and the notion of Čech cohomology. Pic.
||1893: Eduard Čech born ... mathematician. His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification (in topology) and the notion of Čech cohomology. Pic.


||Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (b. 29 June 1893) was an Indian scientist and applied statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India. Pic.
||1893: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis born ... scientist and applied statistician. He is best remembered for the Mahalanobis distance, a statistical measure and for being one of the members of the first Planning Commission of free India. Pic.


File:Thomas Henry Huxley.jpg|link=Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|1895: Biologist [[Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|Thomas Henry Huxley]] dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
File:Thomas Henry Huxley.jpg|link=Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|1895: Biologist [[Thomas Henry Huxley (nonfiction)|Thomas Henry Huxley]] dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.


||1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist (b. 1825)
||1895: Thomas Henry Huxley dies ... biologist.


File:Boris_Podolsky.jpg|link=Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|1896: Physicist [[Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky]] born.  He will work with [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] and [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] on entangled wave functions and the [[EPR paradox (nonfiction)|EPR paradox]].
File:Boris_Podolsky.jpg|link=Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|1896: Physicist [[Boris Podolsky (nonfiction)|Boris Yakovlevich Podolsky]] born.  He will work with [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] and [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] on entangled wave functions and the [[EPR paradox (nonfiction)|EPR paradox]].


||1900 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1827)
||1900: Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Robert Simpson Woodward (d. June 29, 1924) was an American physicist and mathematician.
||1924: Robert Simpson Woodward dies ... physicist and mathematician.


File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1963: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses new theory of quantum electronics to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  
File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1963: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses new theory of quantum electronics to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].  


||1975 – Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
||1975: Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.


||1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
||1995: Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.


||Frank Byron Rowlett (d. June 29, 1998) was an American cryptologist.
||1998: Frank Byron Rowlett dies ... cryptologist.
 
||2018: Arvid Carlsson dies ... pharmacologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate, dopamine.  Pic.


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