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||1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. | ||1520: The Strait of Magellan, the passage immediately south of mainland South America connecting the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans, is first discovered and navigated by European explorer Ferdinand Magellan during the first recorded circumnavigation voyage. | ||
||1585: Jan Brożek born . | File:Jan Brożek.jpg|link=Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|1585: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer [[Jan Brożek (nonfiction)|Jan Brożek]] born. Brożek will contribute to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories, and be Copernicus' ardent supporter and early prospective biographer. | ||
File:Edmund Burke 1771.jpg|link=Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|1790: [[Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|Edmund Burke]] publishes ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'', in which he predicts that the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]] will end in a disaster. | File:Edmund Burke 1771.jpg|link=Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|1790: [[Edmund Burke (nonfiction)|Edmund Burke]] publishes ''Reflections on the Revolution in France'', in which he predicts that the [[French Revolution (nonfiction)|French Revolution]] will end in a disaster. | ||
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||1815: Crawford Long born ... surgeon and pharmacist ... sulfur ether anaesthetic. Pic. | ||1815: Crawford Long born ... surgeon and pharmacist ... sulfur ether anaesthetic. Pic. | ||
||1828: Balfour Stewart born ... physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. | ||1828: Balfour Stewart born ... physicist. His studies in the field of radiant heat led to him receiving the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society in 1868. Pic. | ||
||1847: Organ and piano maker maker Cyrill Demian dies ... accordion patent. No DOB. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Cyrill+Demian&oq=Cyrill+Demian | ||1847: Organ and piano maker maker Cyrill Demian dies ... accordion patent. No DOB. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Cyrill+Demian&oq=Cyrill+Demian | ||
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||1880: Alfred Wegener born ... meteorologist and geophysicist. Pic. | ||1880: Alfred Wegener born ... meteorologist and geophysicist. Pic. | ||
||1894: Thomas Edison films American sharpshooter Annie Oakley, which is instrumental in her hiring by Buffalo Bill for his Wild West Show. | ||1894: Thomas Edison films American sharpshooter Annie Oakley, which is instrumental in her hiring by Buffalo Bill for his Wild West Show. Pic. | ||
||1897: Leonhard Sohncke dies ... mathematician who classified the 65 space groups in which chiral crystal structures form, called Sohncke groups. Pic. | ||1897: Leonhard Sohncke dies ... mathematician who classified the 65 space groups in which chiral crystal structures form, called Sohncke groups. Pic. | ||
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||1911: Donald William Kerst born ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic. | ||1911: Donald William Kerst born ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic. | ||
||1913: Andrzej Mostowski born ... mathematician. He is perhaps best remembered for the Mostowski collapse lemma. | ||1913: Andrzej Mostowski born ... mathematician. He is perhaps best remembered for the Mostowski collapse lemma. Pic (math). | ||
||1919: Hermann Bondi born ... mathematician and cosmologist. Pic. | ||1919: Hermann Bondi born ... mathematician and cosmologist. Pic. | ||
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File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit. | File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit. | ||
||1924: Johannes | ||1924: Johannes Brückner dies ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models. | ||
||1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. | ||1938: Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing. | ||
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||1952:The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent. | ||1952:The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent. | ||
||1954: John | ||1954: John Lennard-Jones dies ... mathematician who was a professor of theoretical physics at University of Bristol, and then of theoretical science at the University of Cambridge. He may be regarded as the initiator of modern computational chemistry. Pic. | ||
||1962: Thomas Murray MacRobert dies ... mathematician. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalisation of the generalised hypergeometric series. Pic: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2053&type=P | ||1962: Thomas Murray MacRobert dies ... mathematician. He became professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow and introduced the MacRobert E function, a generalisation of the generalised hypergeometric series. Pic: https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH2053&type=P | ||
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||1989: Gerrit Bol dies ... mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points. Pic. | ||1989: Gerrit Bol dies ... mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points. Pic. | ||
||1993: Severo Ochoa dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1993: Severo Ochoa dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1996: Maxwell or Max Erich (Eric) Reissner dies ... civil engineer and mathematician. He is remembered by the New York Times (1996) as the "mathematician whose work in applied mechanics helped broaden the theoretical understanding of how solid objects react under stress and led to advances in both civil and aerospace engineering." Pic. | ||1996: Maxwell or Max Erich (Eric) Reissner dies ... civil engineer and mathematician. He is remembered by the New York Times (1996) as the "mathematician whose work in applied mechanics helped broaden the theoretical understanding of how solid objects react under stress and led to advances in both civil and aerospace engineering." Pic. | ||
Revision as of 09:16, 1 November 2019
1585: Mathematician, physician, and astronomer Jan Brożek born. Brożek will contribute to a greater knowledge of Nicolaus Copernicus' theories, and be Copernicus' ardent supporter and early prospective biographer.
1790: Edmund Burke publishes Reflections on the Revolution in France, in which he predicts that the French Revolution will end in a disaster.
1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration Alice and Niles Dancing is a smash hit.
1973: Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor.