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||1582: With the papal bull ''Inter gravissimas'', Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Pic.
||1582: With the papal bull ''Inter gravissimas'', Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar. Pic.


File:Johannes Weyer.jpg|link=Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|1588: Physician and occultist [[Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|Johann Weyer]] dies. He was among the first to publish against the persecution of witches.
File:Johannes Weyer.jpg|link=Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|1588: Physician and occultist [[Johann Weyer (nonfiction)|Johann Weyer]] dies. Weyer criticized the ''Malleus Maleficarum'' and witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he declared that not only were examples of magic largely incredible, but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance.


||1616: Inquisition qualifiers deny teaching of Heliocentric view . On February 19, 1616, the Inquisition had asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe. On February 24 the Qualifiers delivered their unanimous report: the idea that the Sun is stationary is "foolish and absurd in philosophy, and formally heretical since it explicitly contradicts in many places the sense of Holy Scripture..."; while the Earth's movement "receives the same judgement in philosophy and ... in regard to theological truth it is at least erroneous in faith." https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-24.html Pic.
||1616: Inquisition qualifiers deny teaching of Heliocentric view: On February 19, 1616, the Inquisition had asked a commission of theologians, known as qualifiers, about the propositions of the heliocentric view of the universe. On February 24 the Qualifiers delivered their unanimous report: the idea that the Sun is stationary is "foolish and absurd in philosophy, and formally heretical since it explicitly contradicts in many places the sense of Holy Scripture..."; while the Earth's movement "receives the same judgement in philosophy and ... in regard to theological truth it is at least erroneous in faith." https://pballew.blogspot.com/2019/02/on-this-day-in-math-february-24.html Pic. TO_DO


||1709: Jacques de Vaucanson born ... inventor and artist who was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata. He also was the first man to design an automatic loom and built the first all-metal lathe. Pic.
||1709: Jacques de Vaucanson born ... inventor and artist who was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata. He also was the first man to design an automatic loom and built the first all-metal lathe. Pic.

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  • 1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. Weyer criticized the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he declared that not only were examples of magic largely incredible, but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance.

    1588: Physician and occultist Johann Weyer dies. Weyer criticized the Malleus Maleficarum and witch hunting by the Christian and Civil authorities; he declared that not only were examples of magic largely incredible, but that the crime of witchcraft was literally impossible, so that anyone who confessed to the crime was likely to be suffering some mental disturbance.

  • 1755: Artist and social critic William Hogarth’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.

    1755: Artist and social critic William Hogarth’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.

  • 1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

    1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.

  • 1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

    1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.

  • 1961: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm techniques which use hydrogen isotopes to diagnose and remediate crimes against chemical constants.

    1961: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm techniques which use hydrogen isotopes to diagnose and remediate crimes against chemical constants.

  • 1967: Mathematician and APTO field engineer Hugo Steinhaus uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1967: Mathematician and APTO field engineer Hugo Steinhaus uses the Banach–Steinhaus theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

    2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".

  • 1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and New Minneapolis, Canada .

    1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota, and New Minneapolis, Canada .

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Eye Foot purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known APTO Artist-Engineer from New Minneapolis, Canada" in a charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against biochemical constants.

    2016: Signed first edition of Eye Foot purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known APTO Artist-Engineer from New Minneapolis, Canada" in a charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against biochemical constants.

  • 2020: Physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson dies. Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.

    2020: Physicist and mathematician Katherine Johnson dies. Johnson computed orbital mechanics as a NASA employee which were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights; she also helped pioneer the use of computers to perform these tasks.

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