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||2002: Alexander Prokhorov dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||2002: Alexander Prokhorov dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||2002: Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies ... statistician who made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns. He is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis. Pic.
File:M._S._Bartlett.png|link=M. S. Bartlett (nonfiction)|2002: Statistician [[M. S. Bartlett (nonfiction)|Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.


||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.

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  • 1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".

    1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".

  • 1774: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and crime-fighter Maria Gaetana Agnesi uses a new synthesis of differential and integral calculus to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1774: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and crime-fighter Maria Gaetana Agnesi uses a new synthesis of differential and integral calculus to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.

    1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.

  • 1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.

    1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.

  • 1890: Scientist, inventor, and APTO marketing director Charles-Émile Reynaud discovers a previously unknown Gnomon algorithm function which causes a Praxinoscope to function as a simple scrying engine.

    1890: Scientist, inventor, and APTO marketing director Charles-Émile Reynaud discovers a previously unknown Gnomon algorithm function which causes a Praxinoscope to function as a simple scrying engine.

  • 1896: Geologist Sekiya Seikei dies. He was one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.

    1896: Geologist Sekiya Seikei dies. He was one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.

  • 1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.

    1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

    1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

  • 1981: Mathematician and crime-fighter Marshall Harvey Stone publishes new class of Boolean algebra structures which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1981: Mathematician and crime-fighter Marshall Harvey Stone publishes new class of Boolean algebra structures which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.

    Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.

  • 2010: Pond At Dawn voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2010: Pond At Dawn voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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