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File:Cornelis de Houtman.jpg|link=Cornelis de Houtman (nonfiction)|1565: Explorer [[Cornelis de Houtman (nonfiction)|Cornelis de Houtman]] born. He will discover a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.
File:Cornelis de Houtman.jpg|link=Cornelis de Houtman (nonfiction)|1565: Explorer [[Cornelis de Houtman (nonfiction)|Cornelis de Houtman]] born. De Houtman will discover a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.


File:Galileo Galilei.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei|1615: Mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Galileo Galilei]] teams up with orbital artificial intelligence [[AESOP]] to stop [[Crimes against physical constants|crimes against the ionosphere]].
File:Francesco Maria Grimaldi.jpg|link=Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|1618: Mathematician and physicist [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi (nonfiction)|Francesco Maria Grimaldi]] born. Grimaldi, along with Riccioli, 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.  


||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.
||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.
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||1814: Erastus Brigham Bigelow born ... inventor.
||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.  Morse co-invented the Morse code.


||1878: Edward Kasner born ... mathematician and academic born ... Differential geometry was his main field of study. In addition to introducing the term "googol", he is known also for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon. Pic.
||1878: Edward Kasner born ... mathematician and academic born ... Differential geometry was his main field of study. In addition to introducing the term "googol", he is known also for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon. Pic.
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||1894: Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard dies ... physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome. Pic.
||1894: Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard dies ... physiologist and neurologist who, in 1850, became the first to describe what is now called Brown-Séquard syndrome. Pic.


File:Chiungtze C. Tsen 1932.jpg|link=Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician [[Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|Chiungtze C. Tsen]] born. He will prove Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1).
File:Chiungtze C. Tsen 1932.jpg|link=Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|1898: Mathematician [[Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|Chiungtze C. Tsen]] born. Tsen will prove Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1).


||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.
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||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. Tschichold will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.


||1906: Shokichi Iyanaga born ... mathematician. Pic.
||1906: Shokichi Iyanaga born ... mathematician. Pic.
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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."


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. Spencer-Brown will write ''Laws of Form'', calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".


||1928: Theodore William Richards dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool tech).
||1928: Theodore William Richards dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool tech).
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File:Marion Tinsley.jpg|link=Marion Tinsley (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician, checkers player, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Marion Tinsley (nonfiction)|Marion Tinsley]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], where he plays checkers against several well-known criminal mathematical functions, including [[Gnotilus]] and [[Killer Poke]].  Tinsley easily defeats all of his opponents, calling them "lightweights and wanna-bees".
File:Marion Tinsley.jpg|link=Marion Tinsley (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician, checkers player, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Marion Tinsley (nonfiction)|Marion Tinsley]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], where he plays checkers against several well-known criminal mathematical functions, including [[Gnotilus]] and [[Killer Poke]].  Tinsley easily defeats all of his opponents, calling them "lightweights and wanna-bees".


||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.
|link=Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (nonfiction)|1979: A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk [[Sverdlovsk anthrax leak (nonfiction)|accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores]], killing at least 66 plus an unknown number 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.


||1980: United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
||1980: United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
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||2002: Robert Lawson Vaught dies ... mathematical logician, and one of the founders of model theory. Pic.
||2002: Robert Lawson Vaught dies ... mathematical logician, and one of the founders of model theory. Pic.


File:John Hadji Argyris.jpg|link=John Argyris (nonfiction)|2004: Computer scientist, engineer, and academic [[John Argyris (nonfiction)|John Argyris]] dies. A pioneer of computer applications in science and engineering, Argyris was among the creators of the finite element method.
File:John Hadji Argyris.jpg|link=John Argyris (nonfiction)|2004: Computer scientist, engineer, and academic [[John Argyris (nonfiction)|John Argyris]] dies. Argyris pioneered the use of computer applications in science and engineering, was among the creators of the finite element method.


||2007: Henry L. Giclas dies ... astronomer and academic.
||2007: Henry L. Giclas dies ... astronomer and academic.

Revision as of 04:24, 2 April 2020

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

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

  • 1618: Mathematician and physicist Francesco Maria Grimaldi born. Grimaldi, along with Riccioli, 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. Grimaldi, along with Riccioli, 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. Morse co-invented the Morse code.

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

  • 1898: Mathematician Chiungtze C. Tsen born. Tsen will prove Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1).

    1898: Mathematician Chiungtze C. Tsen born. Tsen will prove Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed (i.e., C1).

  • 1902: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold born. Tschichold 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. Tschichold 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. Spencer-Brown will write Laws of Form, calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".

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

  • 1976: Mathematician, checkers player, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Marion Tinsley visits the Nested Radical coffeehouse in New Minneapolis, Canada, where he plays checkers against several well-known criminal mathematical functions, including Gnotilus and Killer Poke. Tinsley easily defeats all of his opponents, calling them "lightweights and wanna-bees".

    1976: Mathematician, checkers player, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Marion Tinsley visits the Nested Radical coffeehouse in New Minneapolis, Canada, where he plays checkers against several well-known criminal mathematical functions, including Gnotilus and Killer Poke. Tinsley easily defeats all of his opponents, calling them "lightweights and wanna-bees".

  • 2004: Computer scientist, engineer, and academic John Argyris dies. Argyris pioneered the use of computer applications in science and engineering, was among the creators of the finite element method.

    2004: Computer scientist, engineer, and academic John Argyris dies. Argyris pioneered the use of computer applications in science and engineering, was among the creators of the finite element method.

  • 2016: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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