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||1705: John Ray born ... biologist and botanist. He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species. Pic. | ||1705: John Ray born ... biologist and botanist. He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species. Pic. | ||
||1706: Benjamin Franklin born | Benjamin Franklin|link=Benjamin Franklin (nonfiction)|1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman [[Benjamin Franklin (nonfiction)|Benjamin Franklin]] born. | ||
||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell. Pic search | ||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell. Pic search. | ||
||1761: James Hall born ... geologist and geophysicist. Pic search | ||1761: James Hall born ... geologist and geophysicist. Pic search. | ||
||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics. Pic. | ||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics. Pic. | ||
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File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Pierre Charles François Dupin]] uses choropleth map to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Pierre Charles François Dupin]] uses choropleth map to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search | ||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search. | ||
||1868: Louis Couturat born ... logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Pic. | ||1868: Louis Couturat born ... logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Pic. | ||
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||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. | ||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip. | ||
||1941: Eduard Zintl dies ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search | ||1941: Eduard Zintl dies ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search. | ||
||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Pic. | ||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Pic. | ||
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1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.
1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
1552: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.
1647: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be called "the mother of moon charts".
- Benjamin Franklin
1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman Benjamin Franklin born.
1809: Physicist and APTO field engineer Antoine César Becquerel discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use electricity to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.
1834: Physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini dies. Aldini contributed to galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications, the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and the mitigation of the destructive effects of fire.
1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter Pierre Charles François Dupin uses choropleth map to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.
1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.
1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
1958: Gnomon algorithm forecasting models indicate that an American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."
1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."
1965: Extract of Radium opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.
1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1969: Mutant culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae computing Gnomon algorithm functions unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.
1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.
2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.
2018: Signed first edition of Angry Feller sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.
