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||1847: Academic and inventor Warren Seymour Johnson born. His multi-zone pneumatic control system solved the problem. Johnson’s system for temperature regulation was adopted worldwide for office buildings, schools, hospitals, and hotels – essentially any large building with multiple rooms that required temperature regulation. Pic. | ||1847: Academic and inventor Warren Seymour Johnson born. His multi-zone pneumatic control system solved the problem. Johnson’s system for temperature regulation was adopted worldwide for office buildings, schools, hospitals, and hotels – essentially any large building with multiple rooms that required temperature regulation. Pic. | ||
||1855: E. S. Gosney born ... philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation. | ||1855: E. S. Gosney born ... philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation. Pic. | ||
||1857: William Albert Noyes born ... analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic. | ||1857: William Albert Noyes born ... analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic. | ||
||1861: James Naismith born ... physician and educator, invented basketball. | ||1861: James Naismith born ... physician and educator, invented basketball. Pic (with ball). | ||
||1865: American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. | ||1865: American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. | ||
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||1880: Giusto Bellavitis dies ... mathematician, senator, and municipal councilor. His principle achievement is the invention of the method of equipollences, a new method of analytic geometry that is both philosophical and fruitful. Pic. | ||1880: Giusto Bellavitis dies ... mathematician, senator, and municipal councilor. His principle achievement is the invention of the method of equipollences, a new method of analytic geometry that is both philosophical and fruitful. Pic. | ||
||1886: Ida Barney born ... astronomer, mathematician, and academic. | ||1886: Ida Barney born ... astronomer, mathematician, and academic. Pic. | ||
||1901: Kate Greenaway dies ... author and illustrator ... known for her children's book illustrations. The depictions of children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. Pic. | ||1901: Kate Greenaway dies ... author and illustrator ... known for her children's book illustrations. The depictions of children in imaginary 18th-century costumes in a Queen Anne style were extremely popular in England and internationally, sparking the Kate Greenaway style. Pic. | ||
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||1913: William Henry Preece dies ... electrical engineer and inventor. He was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Pic. | ||1913: William Henry Preece dies ... electrical engineer and inventor. He was a major figure in the development and introduction of wireless telegraphy and the telephone in Great Britain. Pic. | ||
||1928: Arnold Rothstein | ||1928: Arnold Rothstein murdered ... American mob boss. Pic. | ||
||1935: Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | ||1935: Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. | ||
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1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies.
1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on set after eating too many rotifers.
2015: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Janet Beta.
2017: Signed first edition of Ursa Nano sells for undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against light. The buyer is reported to be "a prominent mathematician living in New Minneapolis, Canada."