Template:Selected anniversaries/January 28

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  • 1540: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen born. He will spend a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

    1540: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen born. He will spend a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

  • 1883: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla invents method of converting alternating current (AC) into Gnomon algorithm functions, revealing new techniques for preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1883: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla invents method of converting alternating current (AC) into Gnomon algorithm functions, revealing new techniques for preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1884: Physicist and explorer Auguste Piccard born. He will make record-breaking hot air balloon flights, with which he will study Earth's upper atmosphere and cosmic rays, and invent of the first bathyscaphe.

    1884: Physicist and explorer Auguste Piccard born. He will make record-breaking hot air balloon flights, with which he will study Earth's upper atmosphere and cosmic rays, and invent of the first bathyscaphe.

  • 1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

    1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

  • 1950: Mathematician, theorist, and academic Nikolai Luzin dies. He contributed to descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.

    1950: Mathematician, theorist, and academic Nikolai Luzin dies. He contributed to descriptive set theory and aspects of mathematical analysis with strong connections to point-set topology.

  • 1961: Brainiac Explains lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.

    1961: Brainiac Explains lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.

  • 1962: Ranger 3 space probe misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

    1962: Ranger 3 space probe misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

  • 2002: Tokens harvested from Diagramaceous soil used to cure capacitor plague for the first time.

    2002: Tokens harvested from Diagramaceous soil used to cure capacitor plague for the first time.

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