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File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse (nonfiction)|763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. | ||
||1640: Bernard Lamy born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||1640: Bernard Lamy born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||
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||1785: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ... was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. Pic. | ||1785: Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ... was a French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation. He and the Marquis d'Arlandes made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. Pic. | ||
||1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. | ||1826: The Auspicious Incident (Ottoman Turkish: "Fortunate Event"; in the Balkans: "Unfortunate Incident") was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old Janissary corps by Sultan Mahmud II. Most of the 135,000 Janissaries revolted against Mahmud II, and after the rebellion was suppressed, its leaders were killed, and many of its members exiled or imprisoned, the Janissary corps was disbanded and replaced with a more modern military force. Pic. | ||
||1844: Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber. Pic. | |||
||1878: Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures. | ||1878: Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures. Pic. | ||
||1881: Paul Cornu born ... engineer. He designed the world's first successful manned rotary wing aircraft. Pic (cool). | ||1881: Paul Cornu born ... engineer. He designed the world's first successful manned rotary wing aircraft. Pic (cool). | ||
||1894: Nikolai Chebotaryov born ... mathematician and theorist ... best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem. Pic. | ||1894: Nikolai Chebotaryov born ... mathematician and theorist ... best known for the Chebotaryov density theorem. Pic. | ||
||1902: Alfred Kneschke born ... mathematician, engineer and university lecturer. During the World War II, Kneschke managed the Referat IV, Section II of the Wehrmacht Signals intelligence organization General der Nachrichtenaufklärung until November 1944, working on cryptanalysis and decoding of British, USA, French and Balkan cipher systems. From Nov 1944, he worked in the OKW/Chi cipher bureau as a cryptanalyst. Pic. | |||
File:Gordon Welchman.jpg|link=Gordon Welchman (nonfiction)|1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author [[Gordon Welchman (nonfiction)|Gordon Welchman]] born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes. | File:Gordon Welchman.jpg|link=Gordon Welchman (nonfiction)|1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author [[Gordon Welchman (nonfiction)|Gordon Welchman]] born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes. | ||
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||1934: George W. Fuller dies ... chemist and engineer ... responsible for important innovations in water and wastewater treatment. He designed and built the first modern water filtration plant, and he designed and built the first chlorination system that disinfected a U.S. drinking water supply. In addition, he performed groundbreaking engineering work on sewage treatment facilities. Pic. | ||1934: George W. Fuller dies ... chemist and engineer ... responsible for important innovations in water and wastewater treatment. He designed and built the first modern water filtration plant, and he designed and built the first chlorination system that disinfected a U.S. drinking water supply. In addition, he performed groundbreaking engineering work on sewage treatment facilities. Pic. | ||
||1962: Grace Marie Bareis dies ... mathematician. Bareis taught mathematics to World War II veterans in a class called the "Army Specialized Training Program" and even did so two years after her retirement because of a shortage of math instructors. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Grace+Marie+Bareis | ||1962: Grace Marie Bareis dies ... mathematician. Bareis taught mathematics to World War II veterans in a class called the "Army Specialized Training Program" and even did so two years after her retirement because of a shortage of math instructors. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Grace+Marie+Bareis | ||
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||2013: Kenneth G. Wilson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||2013: Kenneth G. Wilson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
File: | File:Ely, Minnesota water tower (15 June 2022) 20220615_191439.jpg|link=Ely, Minnesota water tower (15 June 2022)|2022: '''[[Ely, Minnesota water tower (15 June 2022)|Ely, Minnesota water tower]]'''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:03, 15 June 2024
763 BC: Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1906: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman born. During the Second World War, he will develop traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes.
1995: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff dies. He invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.
2022: Ely, Minnesota water tower.