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||1883: Franz Kafka born ... author. | ||1883: Franz Kafka born ... author. | ||
||1886: Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. | ||1886: Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first purpose-built automobile. Pic. | ||
||1886: The ''New-York Tribune'' becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. | ||1886: The ''New-York Tribune'' becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand. | ||
||1897: Jesse Douglas born ... mathematician and academic. He will contribute a general solution of the Problem of Plateau, which asks whether a minimal surface exists for a given boundary. The problem, open since 1760 when Lagrange raised it, is part of the calculus of variations and is also known as the soap bubble problem. Pic | ||1897: Jesse Douglas born ... mathematician and academic. He will contribute a general solution of the Problem of Plateau, which asks whether a minimal surface exists for a given boundary. The problem, open since 1760 when Lagrange raised it, is part of the calculus of variations and is also known as the soap bubble problem. Pic search. | ||
||1903: Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer dies ... mathematician remembered best as an algebraist. Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him. Pic. | ||1903: Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer dies ... mathematician remembered best as an algebraist. Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him. Pic. | ||
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||1921: Viktor von Lang dies ... chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics. Pic. | ||1921: Viktor von Lang dies ... chemist. He is counted among the pioneers and founders of crystal physics. Pic. | ||
|| | ||1934: Mathematician Bill Parry born. Parry contributed to dynamical systems, and, in particular, ergodic theory, and made significant contributions to these fields. He is considered to have been at the forefront of the introduction of ergodic theory to the United Kingdom. He played a founding role in the study of subshifts of finite type, and his work on nilflows was highly regarded. Pic. | ||
||1935: André Citroën dies ... engineer and businessman, founded Citroën. Pic. | ||1935: André Citroën dies ... engineer and businessman, founded Citroën. Pic. | ||
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||1941: Włodzimierz Stożek dies was a Polish mathematician. He published numerous papers on the theory of integral equations, potential theory, as well as on many other branches of mathematics. (Death date: or July 4). Pic. | ||1941: Włodzimierz Stożek dies was a Polish mathematician. He published numerous papers on the theory of integral equations, potential theory, as well as on many other branches of mathematics. (Death date: or July 4). Pic. | ||
||1964: Isidor Pavlovich Natanson dies ... mathematician known for contributions to real analysis and constructive function theory, in particular, for his textbooks on these subjects. Pic search | ||1964: Isidor Pavlovich Natanson dies ... mathematician known for contributions to real analysis and constructive function theory, in particular, for his textbooks on these subjects. Pic search. | ||
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket explosion]]. | File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[N1 rocket (nonfiction)|N1 rocket explosion]]. | ||
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File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. | ||1977: Alexander Volkov dies ... mathematician and author. Pic search. | ||
||1988: United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. | ||1988: United States Navy warship USS '''Vincennes''' shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people aboard. | ||
||1990: Maurice Girodias dies ... publisher who was the founder of the Olympia Press. At one time he was the owner of his father's Obelisk Press. He spent most of his productive years in Paris. | ||1990: Maurice Girodias dies ... publisher who was the founder of the Olympia Press. At one time he was the owner of his father's Obelisk Press. He spent most of his productive years in Paris. | ||
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1518: Physician and scientist Li Shizhen born. He will develop many innovative methods for the proper classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases, earning a reputation as the greatest scientific naturalist of China.
1777: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau warns that "the Enlightenment itself, built as it is on the certainties of mathematics and logic, now stands in peril from the generation of math criminals now coming of age."
1881: Astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher Hasan Tahsini dies. He was one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.
1968: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming N1 rocket explosion.
1969: The biggest explosion in the history of rocketry occurs when the Soviet N1 rocket explodes and subsequently destroys its launchpad.
1970: Mathematician, dissident, and crime-fighter Igor Shafarevich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
2007: NASA approves a mission extension for Stardust, sending the spacecraft to comet Tempel 1.
2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Tangle unexpectedly reveals "at least five, perhaps as many as ten" previously unknown shades of green.