Template:Selected anniversaries/December 16

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  • 1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

    1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

  • Radon's theorem that d + 2 points in d dimensions may always be partitioned into two subsets with intersecting convex hulls. Pic.
  • 1887: Polymath and crime-fighter Francis Galton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1887: Polymath and crime-fighter Francis Galton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1905: Mathematician, author, and poet Piet Hein born. He will propose the use of superellipses in architecture; superellipses will become the hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture.

    1905: Mathematician, author, and poet Piet Hein born. He will propose the use of superellipses in architecture; superellipses will become the hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture.

  • 1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

    1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

  • 1968: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.

    1968: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.

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