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||1756: Thomas Jones born ... Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. Pic.
||1756: Thomas Jones born ... Head Tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge for twenty years and an outstanding teacher of mathematics. Pic.


||1832: James Hall dies ... geologist and geophysicist (b. 1761). No pic.
||1832: James Hall dies ... geologist and geophysicist. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=james+hall+geologist


||1843: Paul Heinrich von Groth born ... scientist. Pic.
||1843: Paul Heinrich von Groth born ... scientist. Pic.

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  • 1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

    1390: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius born. He will help develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.

  • 1562: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for Alan Turing.

    1562: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, predicts "great things" for Alan Turing.

  • 1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

    1912: Computer scientist, mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and theoretical biologist Alan Turing born. He will be influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalization of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine.

  • 1913: While testing new data transmission protocols, Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from Alan Turing containing a description of what will later be known as a Turing machine.

    1913: While testing new data transmission protocols, Havelock and Nikola Tesla receive what appears to be a message from Alan Turing containing a description of what will later be known as a Turing machine.

  • 1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

    1959: Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

    1972: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Stardust used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

    2016: Signed first edition of Stardust used in high-energy literature experiment unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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