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||1801: William Heberden dies ... physician and scholar. | ||1801: William Heberden dies ... physician and scholar. | ||
||1818: Ezra Otis Kendall born ... professor, astronomer and mathematician. | ||1818: Ezra Otis Kendall born ... professor, astronomer and mathematician. Pic. | ||
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||1836: Norman Lockyer born ... scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature. Pic. | ||1836: Norman Lockyer born ... scientist and astronomer. Along with the French scientist Pierre Janssen he is credited with discovering the gas helium. Lockyer also is remembered for being the founder and first editor of the influential journal Nature. Pic. | ||
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File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1854: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to prevent outbreak of [[Kingpin inclination]]. | File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1854: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to prevent outbreak of [[Kingpin inclination]]. | ||
||1860: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum born ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic. | ||1860: Charlotte Cynthia Barnum born ... mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic. | ||
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||1926: Franz Sondheimer born ... chemist and academic. | ||1926: Franz Sondheimer born ... chemist and academic. | ||
||1928: Eric Charles Milner born ... mathematician who worked mainly in combinatorial set theory. He is also known for the Milner–Rado paradox. No pic online. | |||
||1930: Max Valier dies ... rocketry pioneer. He helped found the German Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") that would bring together many of the minds that would later make spaceflight a reality in the 20th century. Pic (drawing). | ||1930: Max Valier dies ... rocketry pioneer. He helped found the German Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") that would bring together many of the minds that would later make spaceflight a reality in the 20th century. Pic (drawing). | ||
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1765: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut dies. His work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1854: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent outbreak of Kingpin inclination.
1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
2001: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions dies. He made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2019: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.