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||12 BC | ||12 BC: The Roman Emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the Emperor. | ||
||1521 | ||1521: Ferdinand Magellan arrives at Guam. | ||
File:Henry Oldenburg.jpg|link=Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, [[Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|Henry Oldenburg]], publishes the first issue of ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society''. | File:Henry Oldenburg.jpg|link=Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, [[Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|Henry Oldenburg]], publishes the first issue of ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society''. | ||
|| | ||1683: Camillo-Guarino Guarini dies ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic. | ||
||Marie Alfred Cornu | ||1787: Joseph von Fraunhofer, German physicist and astronomer born ... His original work was mainly concerned with optics and spectroscopy. In particular he carried out a classical redetermination of the speed of light by A. H. L. Fizeau's method (see Fizeau-Foucault Apparatus), introducing various improvements in the apparatus, which added greatly to the accuracy of the results. | ||
||1841: Marie Alfred Cornu born ... physicist. The French generally refer to him as Alfred Cornu. | |||
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1846: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule. | File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1846: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule. | ||
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File:Cesare_Arzelà.jpg|link=Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|1847: Mathematician [[Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|Cesare Arzelà]] born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions. | File:Cesare_Arzelà.jpg|link=Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|1847: Mathematician [[Cesare Arzelà (nonfiction)|Cesare Arzelà]] born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions. | ||
||1866 | ||1866: William Whewell dies ... priest, historian, and philosopher. | ||
||1869 | ||1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society. | ||
File:Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.jpg|link=Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|1876: Mathematician [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] uses continued fraction theory to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.jpg|link=Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|1876: Mathematician [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] uses continued fraction theory to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
||Naum Ilyich Akhiezer | ||1901: Naum Ilyich Akhiezer born ... mathematician ... known for his works in approximation theory and the theory of differential and integral operators. He is also known as the author of classical books on various subjects in analysis, and for his work on the history of mathematics. | ||
||August Joseph Ignaz Toepler | ||1912: August Joseph Ignaz Toepler born ... physicist known for his experiments in electrostatics. Pic. | ||
File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory. | File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory. | ||
||1927 | ||1927: Gordon Cooper born ... engineer, pilot, and astronaut. | ||
||1927 | ||1927: Gabriel García Márquez born ... journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||
||Victor Andreevich Toponogov | ||1930: Victor Andreevich Toponogov born ... mathematician, noted for his contributions to differential geometry and so-called Riemannian geometry "in the large". Pic. | ||
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1939: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number. | File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1939: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number. | ||
||Yoji Totsuka | ||1942: Yoji Totsuka born ... physicist | ||
||Ernst Julius Cohen | ||1944: Ernst Julius Cohen dies ... chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals. Pic. | ||
||1951: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. | ||1951: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins. | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 17 January 2019
1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in high-energy literature experiments spontaneously develops artificial intelligence.
