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||925: Rhazes dies ... polymath. Wik no DOB/DOD. Pic: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101651472-img | ||925: Rhazes dies ... polymath. Wik no DOB/DOD. Pic: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101651472-img | ||
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||1890: Jakob Nielsen born ... mathematician known for his work on automorphisms of surfaces. Nielsen transformations are certain automorphisms of a free group which are a non-commutative analogue of row reduction and one of the main tools used in studying free groups, introduced by Nielsen to prove that every subgroup of a free group is free (the Nielsen–Schreier theorem), now used in a variety of mathematics, including computational group theory, k-theory, and knot theory. | ||1890: Jakob Nielsen born ... mathematician known for his work on automorphisms of surfaces. Nielsen transformations are certain automorphisms of a free group which are a non-commutative analogue of row reduction and one of the main tools used in studying free groups, introduced by Nielsen to prove that every subgroup of a free group is free (the Nielsen–Schreier theorem), now used in a variety of mathematics, including computational group theory, k-theory, and knot theory. | ||
||1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying. | File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|link=Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|1894: The Dreyfus affair: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] is arrested for spying. | ||
||1907: Maurice (Moritz) Loewy dies ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=maurice+loewy | ||1907: Maurice (Moritz) Loewy dies ... astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=maurice+loewy | ||
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||1917: World War I: At Vincennes outside Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire. | ||1917: World War I: At Vincennes outside Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for the German Empire. | ||
||1919: Malcolm Ross born ... captain, balloonist, and physicist ... Skyhook General Mills. | ||1919: Malcolm Ross born ... captain, balloonist, and physicist ... Skyhook General Mills. Pic. | ||
||1926: Franz Serafin Exner born ... physicist. | ||1926: Franz Serafin Exner born ... physicist. Pic. | ||
||1928: Donald Bruce Gillies born ... mathematician and computer scientist, known for his work in game theory, computer design, and minicomputer programming environments. Pic. | ||1928: Donald Bruce Gillies born ... mathematician and computer scientist, known for his work in game theory, computer design, and minicomputer programming environments. Pic. | ||
||1928: The airship | ||1928: The airship ''Graf Zeppelin'' completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. | ||
File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] calls [[Gene Krupa (nonfiction)|Gene Krupa]] "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation." | File:Einstein drumming.jpg|link=Albert Einstein|1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist [[Albert Einstein]] calls [[Gene Krupa (nonfiction)|Gene Krupa]] "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation." | ||
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||1946: Arthur James Arnot born ... electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station, Victoria. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=arthur+james+arnot | ||1946: Arthur James Arnot born ... electrical engineer and inventor, best known for patenting the world's first electric drill. He later designed the Spencer Street Power Station, Victoria. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=arthur+james+arnot | ||
||1951: Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. | ||1951: Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives. Pic. | ||
||1953: British nuclear test Totem 1 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. | ||1953: British nuclear test Totem 1 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia. | ||
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||1966: Ross Gunn dies ... physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. The New York Times described him as "one of the true fathers of the nuclear submarine program". Pic. | ||1966: Ross Gunn dies ... physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. The New York Times described him as "one of the true fathers of the nuclear submarine program". Pic. | ||
||1966: The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. | ||1966: The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. Pic. | ||
||1980: Mikhail Lavrentyev dies ... physicist and mathematician. Pic. | ||1980: Mikhail Lavrentyev dies ... physicist and mathematician. Pic. | ||
||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. | ||1990: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation. Pic. | ||
||1990: Wilhelm Magnus dies ... mathematician. He made important contributions in combinatorial group theory, Lie algebras, mathematical physics, elliptic functions, and the study of tessellations. Pic search: Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=wilhelm+magnus | ||1990: Wilhelm Magnus dies ... mathematician. He made important contributions in combinatorial group theory, Lie algebras, mathematical physics, elliptic functions, and the study of tessellations. Pic search: Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=wilhelm+magnus | ||
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1608: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles.
1609: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei discovers secret math crime gang in the Vatican, vows to "see them all hang."
1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks for the second time, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military.
1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.
1929: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein calls Gene Krupa "the most brilliant young drummer of his generation."
1965: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of Georg Cantor.
2015: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.