Template:Selected anniversaries/October 18

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  • 1640: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat announced his "little theorem" in a letter to Bernard Frenicle de Bessey.

    1640: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat announced his "little theorem" in a letter to Bernard Frenicle de Bessey.

  • 1791: Polymath Charles Babbage dies. He constructed mechanical computers which anticipated the concept of programmable digital computers.

    1791: Polymath Charles Babbage dies. He constructed mechanical computers which anticipated the concept of programmable digital computers.

  • 1919: Statistician and educator George E. P. Box born. He will be called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century".

    1919: Statistician and educator George E. P. Box born. He will be called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century".

  • 1921: Niels Bohr introduced his quantum model of the atom.

    1921: Niels Bohr introduced his quantum model of the atom.

  • 1931: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Thomas Edison dies. He developed the light bulb and the phonograph, among other inventions.

    1931: Inventor, engineer, and businessman Thomas Edison dies. He developed the light bulb and the phonograph, among other inventions.

  • 1945: The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1945: The USSR's nuclear program receives plans for the United States plutonium bomb from Klaus Fuchs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • 2017: Publication of Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule generates new interest in organic golems.

    2017: Publication of Bioautography of a Chlorophyll Molecule generates new interest in organic golems.

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