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||1336: Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights. | ||1336: Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights. | ||
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||1935: Oktay Sinanoğlu born ... chemist and academic. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=oktay+sinanoğlu | ||1935: Oktay Sinanoğlu born ... chemist and academic. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=oktay+sinanoğlu | ||
||1939: The first of 2 1⁄2 million Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London. | ||1939: The first of 2 1⁄2 million Anderson air raid shelters appeared in North London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_shelter#Anderson_shelter Pic. | ||
||1941: February strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis. | ||1941: February strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis. | ||
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||1947: Louis Carl Heinrich Friedrich Paschen dies ... physicist, known for his work on electrical discharges. He is also known for the Paschen series, a series of hydrogen spectral lines in the infrared region that he first observed in 1908. Pic. | ||1947: Louis Carl Heinrich Friedrich Paschen dies ... physicist, known for his work on electrical discharges. He is also known for the Paschen series, a series of hydrogen spectral lines in the infrared region that he first observed in 1908. Pic. | ||
||1950: George Minot dies ... physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1950: George Minot dies ... physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1951: The first Pan American Games were officially opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina by President Juan Perón. | ||1951: The first Pan American Games were officially opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina by President Juan Perón. | ||
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||1953: Sergei Winogradsky dies ... microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle-of-life concept. Pic. | ||1953: Sergei Winogradsky dies ... microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle-of-life concept. Pic. | ||
||1956: In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin. | ||1956: In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin. Pic. | ||
||1957: Bugs Moran dies ... American mob boss. | ||1957: Bugs Moran dies ... American mob boss. Pic. | ||
File:Theodor Svedberg.jpg|link=Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|1971: Chemist and academic [[Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|Theodor Svedberg]] dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another. | File:Theodor Svedberg.jpg|link=Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|1971: Chemist and academic [[Theodor Svedberg (nonfiction)|Theodor Svedberg]] dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another. | ||
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File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1972: Mathematician and academic [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem. | File:Hugo Steinhaus.jpg|link=Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|1972: Mathematician and academic [[Hugo Steinhaus (nonfiction)|Hugo Steinhaus]] dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem. | ||
||1988: Bernard Ashmole dies ... archaeologist and historian. | ||1988: Bernard Ashmole dies ... archaeologist and historian. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=bernard+ashmole | ||
||1988: Kurt Mahler dies ... a mathematician. | ||1988: Kurt Mahler dies ... a mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1998: Samuel Curran dies ... physicist and the first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde – the first of the new technical universities in Britain. He is the inventor of the scintillation counter, the proportional counter, and the proximity fuse. Pic: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0190&type=P | ||1998: Samuel Curran dies ... physicist and the first Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde – the first of the new technical universities in Britain. He is the inventor of the scintillation counter, the proportional counter, and the proximity fuse. Pic: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH0190&type=P | ||
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File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1999: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements. | File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1999: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements. | ||
||2004: Donald Lewes Hings dies ... inventor. In 1937 he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie". | ||2004: Donald Lewes Hings dies ... inventor. In 1937 he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie". Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=donald+lewes+hings | ||
||2009: Sige-Yuki Kuroda dies ... S.-Y. Kuroda, was Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. Although a pioneer in the application of Chomskyan generative syntax to the Japanese language, he is known for the broad range of his work across the language sciences. For instance, in formal language theory, the Kuroda normal form for context-sensitive grammars bears his name. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=S.-Y.+Kuroda | ||2009: Sige-Yuki Kuroda dies ... S.-Y. Kuroda, was Professor Emeritus and Research Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, San Diego. Although a pioneer in the application of Chomskyan generative syntax to the Japanese language, he is known for the broad range of his work across the language sciences. For instance, in formal language theory, the Kuroda normal form for context-sensitive grammars bears his name. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=S.-Y.+Kuroda | ||
Revision as of 08:53, 25 February 2019
1836: Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military Gnomon algorithm functions.
1971: Chemist and academic Theodor Svedberg dies. He was awarded the 1926 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering use of analytical ultracentrifugation to distinguish pure proteins from one another.
1972: Mathematician and academic Hugo Steinhaus dies. He "discovered" mathematician Stefan Banach, with whom he made notable contributions to functional analysis, including the Banach–Steinhaus theorem.
1999: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg dies. He shared the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.