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||1911: Theodor Schneider born ... mathematician, best known for providing proof of what is now known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem. Schneider studied from 1929 to 34 in Frankfurt; he solved Hilbert's 7th problem in his PhD thesis, which then came to be known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem. Pic. | ||1911: Theodor Schneider born ... mathematician, best known for providing proof of what is now known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem. Schneider studied from 1929 to 34 in Frankfurt; he solved Hilbert's 7th problem in his PhD thesis, which then came to be known as the Gelfond–Schneider theorem. Pic. | ||
||1913: Simon Ramo born ... physicist and engineer. | ||1913: Simon Ramo born ... physicist and engineer. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Simon+Ramo | ||
||1914: Johannes de Groot born ... mathematician, the leading Dutch topologist for more than two decades following World War II. Pic. | ||1914: Johannes de Groot born ... mathematician, the leading Dutch topologist for more than two decades following World War II. Pic. | ||
||1915: World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire | ||1915: World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS ''Lusitania'', killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many formerly pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire | ||
||1925: Lauri Vaska born ... chemist and academic. | ||1925: Lauri Vaska born ... chemist and academic. | ||
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1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter Antoine Lavoisier publishes his groundbreaking treatise on crimes against chemical constants, introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.
1794: French Revolution: Robespierre introduces the Cult of the Supreme Being in the National Convention as the new state religion of the French First Republic.
1832: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann born. He will study physics with his father, and later work as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
1860: Electrical engineer and inventor Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger born. He will invent the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which will be critical to the general acceptance of AC power.
1895: Russian physicist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector — a primitive radio receiver.
1895: Mathematician and alleged immortal John Havelock purchases signed first edition of The Time Machine, telling author H. G. Wells that the book "is an instant classic."
1895: First publication of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells.
1896: Serial killer H. H. Holmes is executed for the murder of his friend and accomplice Benjamin Pitezel.
1960: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises funds for new film about the American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
1960: Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.
2016: Crimson Blossom 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.