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File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|1223 BC: [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|Solar eclipse]] occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language. | File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|1223 BC: [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|Solar eclipse]] occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language. | ||
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||1779: Benjamin Gompertz born ... mathematician and statistician. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=benjamin+gompertz | ||1779: Benjamin Gompertz born ... mathematician and statistician. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=benjamin+gompertz | ||
||1794: Jacques Babinet born ... physicist, mathematician, and astronomer. | ||1794: Jacques Babinet born ... physicist, mathematician, and astronomer. Pic. | ||
||1815: Franz Mesmer dies ... physician and astrologist. | ||1815: Franz Mesmer dies ... physician and astrologist. Pic. | ||
File:Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace by Guérin.jpg|link=Pierre-Simon Laplace (nonfiction)|1827: Mathematician and astronomer [[Pierre-Simon Laplace (nonfiction)|Pierre-Simon Laplace]] dies. He made important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy. | File:Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace by Guérin.jpg|link=Pierre-Simon Laplace (nonfiction)|1827: Mathematician and astronomer [[Pierre-Simon Laplace (nonfiction)|Pierre-Simon Laplace]] dies. He made important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy. | ||
||1827: Alessandro | ||1827: Alessandro Volta dies ... physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery and the discoverer of methane. Pic. | ||
||1829: John Adams dies ... sailor and mutineer. | ||1829: John Adams dies ... sailor and mutineer. Pic. | ||
File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1836: Inventor [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. | File:Samuel Colt.jpg|link=Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|1836: Inventor [[Samuel Colt (nonfiction)|Samuel Colt]] patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. | ||
||1862: Siegbert Tarrasch born ... chess player and theoretician. | ||1862: Siegbert Tarrasch born ... chess player and theoretician. Pic. | ||
||1866: Karl Eugen Guthe born ... academic and physicist, notable for being the first Dean of the Graduate Department at the University of Michigan. Pic. | ||1866: Karl Eugen Guthe born ... academic and physicist, notable for being the first Dean of the Graduate Department at the University of Michigan. Pic. | ||
||1872: George Westinghouse patents the air brake. | ||1872: George Westinghouse patents the air brake. Pic. | ||
||1880: Sergei Natanovich Bernstein born ... mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory. Pic. | ||1880: Sergei Natanovich Bernstein born ... mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory. Pic. | ||
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||1887: Otto Haupt born ... Mathematician. Pic. | ||1887: Otto Haupt born ... Mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1900: Johanna Langefeld born ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. | ||1900: Johanna Langefeld born ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=johanna+langefeld | ||
||1903: Eugène-Anatole Demarçay dies ... chemist. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Dumas. During an experiment, an explosion destroyed the sight in one of his eyes. He isolated the element europium in 1896; in 1898 he used his skills of spectroscopy to help Marie Curie confirm that she had discovered the element radium. Pic. | ||1903: Eugène-Anatole Demarçay dies ... chemist. He studied under Jean-Baptiste Dumas. During an experiment, an explosion destroyed the sight in one of his eyes. He isolated the element europium in 1896; in 1898 he used his skills of spectroscopy to help Marie Curie confirm that she had discovered the element radium. Pic. | ||
||1903: Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams born ... physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer. | ||1903: Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams born ... physicist, noted for his research on electronic instrumentation for use in nuclear physics. His work on the scale-of-two counter contributed to the development of the modern computer. Pic. | ||
||1912: Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. | ||1912: Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. | ||
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File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | ||
||1927: Franz Mertens dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1927: Franz Mertens dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1938: Lynn Margulis born ... biologist and academic. | ||1938: Lynn Margulis born ... biologist and academic. Pic. | ||
||1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. | ||1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. | ||
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File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | ||
||2013: Duane Gish dies ... biochemist and academic. | ||2013: Duane Gish dies ... biochemist and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | ||
Revision as of 07:34, 5 March 2019
1223 BC: Solar eclipse occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language.
1499: Polymath Johannes Trithemius uses Gnomon algorithm functions to generate new class of cryptographic numen.
1574: Mathematician William Oughtred born. He will invent the slide rule in 1622.
1615: Mathematician and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei prevents alleged supervillain Anarchimedes from assassinating mathematician William Oughtred.
1616: Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
1640: Didacus automaton attends and records lecture by William Oughtred, which it will later use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1827: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace dies. He made important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1926: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann reverse-engineers Didacus automaton, retrieves complete copy of lecture by William Oughtred.
2008: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
2009: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using Gnomon algorithm techniques.
2016: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.
2016: Signed first edition of Pilgrim sells for thirty-two thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.