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File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1618: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] born. Working with Riccioli, he will investigate the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  
File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1618: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] born. Working with Riccioli, he will investigate the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.  


||Moyse Charas (b. 2 April 1619), was an apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry. Pic.
||1619: Moyse Charas born ... an apothecary in France during the reign of Louis XIV. He became famous for publishing compendiums of medication formulas, which played vital roles in the development of modern pharmacy and chemistry. Pic.


||1770: Valentine Seaman born ... was an American physician who introduced the smallpox vaccine to the United States and mapped yellow fever in New York City. His contributions to public health also include women's education in nursing and midwifery. Pic not Wikipedia.
||1770: Valentine Seaman born ... was an American physician who introduced the smallpox vaccine to the United States and mapped yellow fever in New York City. His contributions to public health also include women's education in nursing and midwifery. Pic not Wikipedia.


||Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (b. 24 April 1787) was a Menorcan-born French toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. Pic.
||1787: Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila born ... toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. Pic.


||1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
||1788: Wilhelmine Reichard born ... balloonist.


||1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
||1814: Erastus Brigham Bigelow born ... inventor.


File:Samuel_Morse_1840.jpg|link=Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|1872: Painter and inventor [[Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|Samuel Morse]] dies.  He co-invented the Morse code.
File:Samuel_Morse_1840.jpg|link=Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|1872: Painter and inventor [[Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|Samuel Morse]] dies.  He co-invented the Morse code.


||Antonio Signorini (b. 2 April 1888) was an influential Italian mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. He is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the Signorini problem. Pic.
||1888: Antonio Signorini born ... mathematical physicist and civil engineer of the 20th century. He is known for his work in finite elasticity, thermoelasticity and for formulating the Signorini problem. Pic.


||Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard FRS (d. 1894), also known as Charles Edward, was a Mauritian physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome.
||1894: Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard dies ... physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome.


||Chiungtze C. Tsen (b. April 2, 1898) was a Chinese mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved Tsen's theorem. Pic.
||1898: Chiungtze C. Tsen born ... mathematician born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, who proved Tsen's theorem. Pic.


||1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
||1900: The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.


||1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
||1902: Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.


||1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
||1902: "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.


File:Jan Tschichold (1963) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|link=Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|1902: Graphic designer and typographer [[Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|Jan Tschichold]] born. He will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.
File:Jan Tschichold (1963) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|link=Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|1902: Graphic designer and typographer [[Jan Tschichold (nonfiction)|Jan Tschichold]] born. He will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.


||Shokichi Iyanaga (b. April 2, 1906) was a Japanese mathematician.
||1906: Shokichi Iyanaga born ... mathematician.


||1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
||1910: Chico Xavier born ... spiritual medium.


||1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
||1911: The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.


||1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
||1912: The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.


||Donald J. Hughes (b. April 2, 1915) was an American nuclear physicist, chiefly notable as one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II. No Pic.
||1915: Donald J. Hughes born ... nuclear physicist, chiefly notable as one of the signers of the Franck Report in June, 1945, recommending that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II. No Pic.


||1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
||1917: World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.


File:Turbulent Head.png|link=Turbulent Head|1922: ''Turbulent Head'' awarded Newbery Medal for "best new children's book cover art."
File:Turbulent Head.png|link=Turbulent Head|1922: ''Turbulent Head'' awarded Newbery Medal for "best new children's book cover art."
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File:George Spencer-Browne.jpg|link=George Spencer-Brown (nonfiction)|1923: Polymath [[George Spencer-Brown (nonfiction)|George Spencer-Brown]] born. He will write ''Laws of Form'', calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".
File:George Spencer-Browne.jpg|link=George Spencer-Brown (nonfiction)|1923: Polymath [[George Spencer-Brown (nonfiction)|George Spencer-Brown]] born. He will write ''Laws of Form'', calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".


||1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
||1928: Theodore William Richards dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
||1930: After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.


||1934 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007)
||1934: Paul Cohen born ... mathematician and theorist.


||1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
||1972: Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.


||1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
||1973: Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.


||1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
||1975: Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.


||1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
||1979: A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. The Sverdlovsk anthrax leak was an incident in which spores of anthrax were accidentally released from the Sverdlovsk-19a military research facility on the southern edge of the city of Sverdlovsk (formerly, and now again, Yekaterinburg) on April 2, 1979. This accident is sometimes called "biological Chernobyl". The ensuing outbreak of the disease resulted in approximately 100 deaths, although the exact number of victims remains unknown.


||1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
||1980: United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.


||1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
||1989: Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.


||1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock. The Sverdlovsk anthrax leak was an incident in which spores of anthrax were accidentally released from the Sverdlovsk-19a military research facility on the southern edge of the city of Sverdlovsk (formerly, and now again, Yekaterinburg) on April 2, 1979. This accident is sometimes called "biological Chernobyl". The ensuing outbreak of the disease resulted in approximately 100 deaths, although the exact number of victims remains unknown.
||1992: In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.


||1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
||1995: Hannes Alfvén dies ... physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
||2002: John R. Pierce dies ... engineer and author ... TV radio sound


||1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
||2002: Robert Lawson Vaught dies ... mathematical logician, and one of the founders of model theory. Pic.


||1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
||2004: John Argyris dies ... computer scientist, engineer, and academic.


||2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910) TV radio sound
||2007: Henry L. Giclas dies ... astronomer and academic.


||Robert Lawson Vaught (d. April 2, 2002) was a mathematical logician, and one of the founders of model theory. Pic.
||2016: Gallieno Ferri dies ... comic book artist and illustrator.


||2004 – John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
||2017: Gerard Washnitzer dies ... mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. In 1968, together with Paul Monsky, he introduced the Monsky–Washnitzer cohomology, which is a p-adic cohomology theory for non-singular algebraic varieties. Pic: https://www.princeton.edu/news/2017/04/18/gerard-washnitzer-learned-and-spirited-professor-mathematics-dies-91 No birth date.
 
||2007 – Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
 
||2016 – Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929)


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  • 1565: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman born. He will discover a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.

    1565: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman born. He will discover a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.

  • 1615: Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei teams up with orbital artificial intelligence AESOP to stop crimes against the ionosphere.

    1615: Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei teams up with orbital artificial intelligence AESOP to stop crimes against the ionosphere.

  • 1618: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi born. Working with Riccioli, he will investigate the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

    1618: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi born. Working with Riccioli, he will investigate the free fall of objects, confirming that the distance of fall was proportional to the square of the time taken.

  • 1872: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse dies. He co-invented the Morse code.

    1872: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse dies. He co-invented the Morse code.

  • 1902: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold born. He will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.

    1902: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold born. He will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.

  • 1922: Turbulent Head awarded Newbery Medal for "best new children's book cover art."

    1922: Turbulent Head awarded Newbery Medal for "best new children's book cover art."

  • 1923: Polymath George Spencer-Brown born. He will write Laws of Form, calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".

    1923: Polymath George Spencer-Brown born. He will write Laws of Form, calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".

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