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|File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1731: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] translates [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbook from English into French. | |File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1731: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] translates [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbook from English into French. | ||
||1743: Patrick Wilson (generally known as Peter Wilson) astronomer, type-founder, mathematician and meteorologist born. | ||1743: Patrick Wilson (generally known as Peter Wilson) astronomer, type-founder, mathematician and meteorologist born. Pic (engraved miniature). | ||
||Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (b. 16 January 1767) was a Swedish chemist who discovered tantalum in 1802. Pic. | ||Anders Gustaf Ekeberg (b. 16 January 1767) was a Swedish chemist who discovered tantalum in 1802. Pic. | ||
||Johann Christian Wiegleb (d. January 16, 1800) was a notable German druggist and early innovator of chemistry as a science. | ||Johann Christian Wiegleb (d. January 16, 1800) was a notable German druggist and early innovator of chemistry as a science. Pic. | ||
||1834 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769) | ||1834 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (b. 1769). Pic. | ||
||1862 – Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape. | ||1862 – Hartley Colliery disaster: Two hundred and four men and boys killed in a mining disaster, prompted a change in UK law which henceforth required all collieries to have at least two independent means of escape. | ||
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||Erich Kähler (b. 16 January 1906) was a German mathematician with wide-ranging interests in geometry and mathematical physics, who laid important mathematical groundwork for algebraic geometry and for string theory. Pic. | ||Erich Kähler (b. 16 January 1906) was a German mathematician with wide-ranging interests in geometry and mathematical physics, who laid important mathematical groundwork for algebraic geometry and for string theory. Pic. | ||
||1919 – Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012) | ||1919 – Jerome Horwitz, American chemist and academic (d. 2012). No pic. | ||
||Oskar Barnack (d. 16 January 1936) was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and the father of 35 mm photography. | ||Oskar Barnack (d. 16 January 1936) was a German optical engineer, precision mechanic, industrial designer, and the father of 35 mm photography. | ||
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||Sir Francis Harry Hinsley (d. 16 February 1998) was an English historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic. | ||Sir Francis Harry Hinsley (d. 16 February 1998) was an English historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic. | ||
||2000 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914) | ||2000 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914). Pic. | ||
||2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) | ||2001: Patent granted for Control circuits for electric coding machines. Was applied for 1944. See https://patents.google.com/patent/US6175625B1/en and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGABA | ||
||2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916). No pic. | |||
||2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. | ||2003 – The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. | ||
||2013 – André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926) | ||2013 – André Cassagnes, French technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926). No portrait, use Etch-a-Sketch. | ||
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|2017: Updated edition of ''[[On Halting Problems]]'' published, with new chapter of [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques for detecting and preventing algorithm hijacking and related [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|2017: Updated edition of ''[[On Halting Problems]]'' published, with new chapter of [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques for detecting and preventing algorithm hijacking and related [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1541: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía publishes Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon ("A Miscellany of Several Gnomon algorithms"), which quickly raises awareness of crimes against mathematical constants across Europe.
1548: Mathematician Adam Ries publishes textbook of Gnomon algorithm functions, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals in such applications as detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1622: First known literary reference to the illustration Galileo Galilei, Crime Fighter (in an anonymous gloss of Pedro Mexía's Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon).
1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.
1966: Reverse engineering of Cryptographic numen unexpectedly reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He design design and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
2017: Updated edition of On Halting Problems published, with new chapter of Gnomon algorithm techniques for detecting and preventing algorithm hijacking and related crimes against mathematical constants.