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||1408: Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. | ||1408: Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. | ||
File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1601: After weeks at of hunting at sea, submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] locates the marine cryptid and alleged supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]]. The resulting battle will permanently drive Neptune Slaughter from Dutch waters | File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1601: After weeks at of hunting at sea, submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] locates the marine cryptid and alleged supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]]. The resulting battle will permanently drive Neptune Slaughter from Dutch waters. | ||
||1624: Gaspard Bauhin dies ... botanist and physician. Pic. | ||1624: Gaspard Bauhin dies ... botanist and physician. Pic. | ||
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File:Nicole-Reine Lepaute.jpg|link=Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|1772: Astronomer and mathematician [[Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|Nicole-Reine Lepaute]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. | File:Nicole-Reine Lepaute.jpg|link=Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|1772: Astronomer and mathematician [[Nicole-Reine Lepaute (nonfiction)|Nicole-Reine Lepaute]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. | ||
||1784: Phillis Wheatley dies Senegal-born slave, later American poet. | ||1784: Phillis Wheatley dies ... Senegal-born slave, later American poet. No DOB. Pic. | ||
||1800: François Dominique Séraphin dies ... entertainer who developed and popularized shadow plays in France. The art form would go on to be copied across Europe. | ||1800: François Dominique Séraphin dies ... entertainer who developed and popularized shadow plays in France. The art form would go on to be copied across Europe. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Fran%C3%A7ois+Dominique+S%C3%A9raphin | ||
||1848: California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. | ||1848: California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. | ||
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||1868: Arnold Sommerfeld born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||1868: Arnold Sommerfeld born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
||1872: Harry Nelson Pillsbury born ... chess player. | ||1872: Harry Nelson Pillsbury born ... chess player. Pic. | ||
File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | ||
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File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known. | File:Werner Heisenberg.jpg|link=Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist and academic [[Werner Heisenberg (nonfiction)|Werner Heisenberg]] born. He will introduce the [[Uncertainty principle (nonfiction)|uncertainty principle]] -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known. | ||
||1901: Arthur | ||1901: Arthur Samuel born ... pioneer in the field of computer gaming and artificial intelligence. He coined the term "machine learning" in 1959. The Samuel Checkers-playing Program was among the world's first successful self-learning programs, and as such a very early demonstration of the fundamental concept of artificial intelligence (AI). He was also a senior member in the TeX community who devoted much time giving personal attention to the needs of users and wrote an early TeX manual in 1983. Pic. | ||
||1902: Johannes Wislicenus dies ... chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry. Pic. | ||1902: Johannes Wislicenus dies ... chemist, most famous for his work in early stereochemistry. Pic. | ||
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||1915: Ren Xinmin born ... aerospace engineer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ren+xinmin | ||1915: Ren Xinmin born ... aerospace engineer. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ren+xinmin | ||
||1916: Hilary Koprowski born ... virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine. | ||1916: Hilary Koprowski born ... virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine. Pic. | ||
||1922: Joachim "Jim" Lambek born ... Professor of Pure Mathematics. Pic. | ||1922: Joachim "Jim" Lambek born ... Professor of Pure Mathematics. Pic. | ||
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||1953: William Sterling Parsons dies ... American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic. | ||1953: William Sterling Parsons dies ... American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. Pic. | ||
||1955: Glenn L. Martin dies ... pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company. | ||1955: Glenn L. Martin dies ... pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company. Pic. | ||
||1955: E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. | ||1955: E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. | ||
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||1959: Mathematician Mary Frances Winston Newson dies. Pic. | ||1959: Mathematician Mary Frances Winston Newson dies. Pic. | ||
||1964: Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response. | ||1964: Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response. Pic. | ||
File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|1964: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union. | File:Color commentators.jpg|link=Color commentator (nonfiction)|1964: [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] announce formation of Color Commentator's Union. | ||
Revision as of 16:25, 5 December 2019
1601: After weeks at of hunting at sea, submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel locates the marine cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter. The resulting battle will permanently drive Neptune Slaughter from Dutch waters.
1708: Mathematician Seki Takakazu dies. He created a new algebraic notation system and, motivated by astronomical computations, did work on infinitesimal calculus and Diophantine equations. Seki laid foundations for the subsequent development of Japanese mathematics known as wasan; he has been described as "Japan's Newton".
1772: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.
1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1873: Newly discovered illustration of The Eel fighting Neptune Slaughter is "almost certainly a record of events related to the abandonment of Mary Celeste," says math photographer Cantor Parabola.
1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.
1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.
1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.
1999: Mathematician Nathan Jacobson dies. He conducted research on the structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions--a subject closely related to the theory of algebras--which transformed the approach to classical results and broke ground for solutions to problems inaccessible by previous methods.
2008: Chemist and composer George Brecht dies. He was an American conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who worked as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil. Pic (striking).
2018: Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer voted Autobiography of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.