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File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1196: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1196: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Leonardo by Meizi.jpg|link=Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|1519: Polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]] dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. | File:Leonardo by Meizi.jpg|link=Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|1519: Polymath [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|Leonardo da Vinci]] dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. | ||
||1611 – The King James Version of the Bible is published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. | |||
||1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (b. 1613) | |||
||1743: Mathematician Christian August Hausen dies. who is known for his research on electricity. | |||
File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Leonhard Euler.jpg|link=Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician and physicist [[Leonhard Euler (nonfiction)|Leonhard Euler]] publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||1797 – Abraham Pineo Gesner, Canadian physician and geologist (d. 1864) | |||
||1802 – Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (d. 1870) | |||
||1843 – Elijah McCoy, Canadian-American engineer (d. 1929) | |||
File:D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.jpg|link=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] born. | File:D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.jpg|link=D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar [[D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (nonfiction)|D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson]] born. | ||
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File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab| | ||1867 – Giuseppe Morello, Italian-American mobster (d. 1930) | ||
||Robert Williams Wood (b. 1868) was an American physicist and inventor. He is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared and ultraviolet photography. | |||
||1890 – E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (d. 1965) | |||
||1915 – Clara Immerwahr, German chemist (b. 1870) | |||
||1964 – Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. A North Vietnamese frogman had placed a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later. | |||
||1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) | |||
File:Chernobyl disaster.jpg|link=Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|1986: [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]]: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster. | |||
||2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1917) | |||
||2008 – Izold Pustõlnik, Ukrainian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1938) | |||
||2012 – Akira Tonomura, Japanese physicist, author, and academic (b. 1942) | |||
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|2017: Art critic and alleged supervillain [[The Eel]] discovers cache of previously unknown [[Leonardo da Vinci (nonfiction)|da Vinci]] manuscripts. | |||
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Revision as of 19:11, 21 November 2017
1196: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) logic, Aristotelian and Islamic philosophy, and the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1519: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci dies. His areas of interest included painting, sculpting, architecture, invention, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography.
1779: Mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler publishes treatise on mathematical terminology and notation for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1860: Biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson born.
1986: Chernobyl disaster: The City of Chernobyl is evacuated six days after the disaster.
