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||1549 – Johannes Honter, Romanian-Hungarian cartographer and theologian (b. 1498)
||1549: Johannes Honter dies ... cartographer and theologian.


File:Blaise Pascal.jpg|link=Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|1656: [[Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|Blaise Pascal]] publishes the first of his ''Lettres provinciales''.
File:Blaise Pascal.jpg|link=Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|1656: [[Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|Blaise Pascal]] publishes the first of his ''Lettres provinciales''.


||1719 – John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
||1719: John Landen born ... mathematician and theorist.


||Wolfgang von Kempelen (b. 23 January 1734) was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Pic.
||1734: Wolfgang von Kempelen born ... author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Pic.


||Giambattista Vico (d. 23 January 1744) was an Italian political philosopher and rhetorician, historian and jurist, of the Age of Enlightenment. He criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism, was an apologist for Classical Antiquity, a precursor of systematic and complex thought, in opposition to Cartesian analysis and other types of reductionism, and was the first expositor of the fundamentals of social science
||1744: Giambattista Vico dies ... political philosopher and rhetorician, historian and jurist, of the Age of Enlightenment. He criticized the expansion and development of modern rationalism, was an apologist for Classical Antiquity, a precursor of systematic and complex thought, in opposition to Cartesian analysis and other types of reductionism, and was the first expositor of the fundamentals of social science


||1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician and academic (b. 1717). Pic.
||1785: Matthew Stewart dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||1796 – Chemist, botanist, and academic Karl Ernst Claus born. Pic.
||1796: Chemist, botanist, and academic Karl Ernst Claus born. Pic.


||1799 – Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)
||1799: Alois Negrelli born ... engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire.


File:Claude Chappe.jpg|link=Claude Chappe (nonfiction)|1805: Inventor [[Claude Chappe (nonfiction)|Claude Chappe]] dies. He invented and developed a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France -- the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age.
File:Claude Chappe.jpg|link=Claude Chappe (nonfiction)|1805: Inventor [[Claude Chappe (nonfiction)|Claude Chappe]] dies. He invented and developed a practical semaphore system that eventually spanned all of France -- the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age.


||1810 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist and physicist (b. 1776)
||1810: Johann Wilhelm Ritter dies ... chemist and physicist.


||1840 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
||1840: Ernst Abbe born ... physicist and engineer.


||1846 – Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)
||1846: Nikolay Umov born ... physicist and mathematician.


File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] discovers new family of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] discovers new family of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].


||1855 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)
||1855: John Browning born ... weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company.


||1857 – Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)
||1857: Andrija Mohorovičić born ... meteorologist and seismologist.


File:David Hilbert.jpg|link=David Hilbert (nonfiction)|1862: Mathematician [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] born. he will discover and develop a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry.
File:David Hilbert.jpg|link=David Hilbert (nonfiction)|1862: Mathematician [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] born. he will discover and develop a broad range of fundamental ideas in many areas, including invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry.


||Frank Shuman (b. January 23, 1862) was an American inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would produce steam.
||1862: Frank Shuman born ... inventor, engineer and solar energy pioneer known for his work on solar engines, especially those that used solar energy to heat water that would produce steam.


||1870 – In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.
||1870: In Montana, U.S. cavalrymen kill 173 Native Americans, mostly women and children, in what becomes known as the Marias Massacre.


||1872 – Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
||1872: Paul Langevin born ... physicist and academic.


||1876 – Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
||1876: Otto Diels born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Abram Samoilovitch Besikovitch (b. 23 January 1891) was a Russian mathematician. He will work on combinatorial methods and questions in real analysis, such as the Kakeya needle problem and the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension.
||1888: Paul Peter Ewald born ... physicist and crystallographer whose theory of X-ray interference by crystals was the first detailed, rigorous theoretical explanation of the diffraction effects first observed in 1912 by his fellow physicist Max von Laue. Pic: https://www.todayinsci.com/8/8_22.htm
 
||1891: Abram Samoilovitch Besikovitch born ... mathematician. He will work on combinatorial methods and questions in real analysis, such as the Kakeya needle problem and the Hausdorff-Besicovitch dimension.


File:Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger.jpg|link=Oliver B. Shallenberger (nonfiction)|1898: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Oliver B. Shallenberger (nonfiction)|Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger]] dies. He invented the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which was critical to the general acceptance of AC power.
File:Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger.jpg|link=Oliver B. Shallenberger (nonfiction)|1898: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Oliver B. Shallenberger (nonfiction)|Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger]] dies. He invented the first successful alternating current electrical meter, which was critical to the general acceptance of AC power.


||1904 – Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
||1904: Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.


||Jerrold Reinach Zacharias (b. January 23, 1905) was an American physicist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an education reformer. His scientific work was in the area of nuclear physics. Pic.
||1905: Jerrold Reinach Zacharias born ... physicist and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an education reformer. His scientific work was in the area of nuclear physics. Pic.


||1907 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
||1907: Hideki Yukawa born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1909 – RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
||1909: RMS Republic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.


||1912 – The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
||1912: The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.


||1918 – Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
||1918: Gertrude B. Elion born ... biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Hans Hass (b. 23 January 1919) was an Austrian biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater.
||1919: Hans Hass born ... biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater.


||1920 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
||1920: Walter Frederick Morrison born ... businessman, invented the Frisbee.


||1937 – The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
||1937: The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.


||1937 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876). Pic.
||1937: Orso Mario Corbino dies ... physicist and politician. Pic.


File:Charles Lindbergh.jpg|link=Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|1941: [[Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|Charles Lindbergh]] testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.
File:Charles Lindbergh.jpg|link=Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|1941: [[Charles Lindbergh (nonfiction)|Charles Lindbergh]] testifies before the U.S. Congress and recommends that the United States negotiate a neutrality pact with Adolf Hitler.


||1946 – Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
||1946: Boris Berezovsky born ... businessman and mathematician.


||1957 – American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".
||1957: American inventor Walter Frederick Morrison sells the rights to his flying disc to the Wham-O toy company, which later renames it the "Frisbee".


||1960 – The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
||1960: The bathyscaphe ''USS Trieste'' breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797 ft) in the Pacific Ocean.


File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|1967: [[John Brunner]] uses [[scrying engine]] to detect and expose [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|1967: [[John Brunner]] uses [[scrying engine]] to detect and expose [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1971 – Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871) nopic
||1971: Fritz Feigl dies ... chemist and academic. No pic?


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|1973: United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|1973: United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
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File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, academic, and crime-fighter [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use nonlinear programming techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician, academic, and crime-fighter [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use nonlinear programming techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov (d. 23 January 1987) was a Russian mathematician who contributed significantly to the development of infinite group theory and linear inequalities.
||1987: Sergei Nikolaevich Chernikov dies ... mathematician who contributed significantly to the development of infinite group theory and linear inequalities.


||1988 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896)
||1988: Charles Glen King dies ... biochemist and academic (b. 1896)


||Professor Roger John Tayler OBE FRS (d. 23 January 1997) was a British astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology.
||1997: Professor Roger John Tayler dies ... astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology.


File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|2003: A very weak signal from ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' is detected for the last time; no usable data can be extracted.
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|2003: A very weak signal from ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' is detected for the last time; no usable data can be extracted.
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File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|2007: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] dies. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt plotted the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]].  
File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|2007: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] dies. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt plotted the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]].  


||2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943)
||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author.


||Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov (d. 23 January 2016) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method. Pic.
||2016: Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov dies ... theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method. Pic.


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