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||1785: William Prout born ... chemist, physician, and natural theologian. He is remembered today mainly for what is called Prout's hypothesis. Pic. | ||1785: William Prout born ... chemist, physician, and natural theologian. He is remembered today mainly for what is called Prout's hypothesis. Pic. | ||
||1790: John Landen dies ... mathematician and theorist. Pic search | ||1790: John Landen dies ... mathematician and theorist. Pic search. | ||
||1814: Ludwig Schläfli born ... mathematician, specializing in geometry and complex analysis (at the time called function theory) who was one of the key figures in developing the notion of higher-dimensional spaces. Pic. | ||1814: Ludwig Schläfli born ... mathematician, specializing in geometry and complex analysis (at the time called function theory) who was one of the key figures in developing the notion of higher-dimensional spaces. Pic. | ||
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||1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta. | ||1889: The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta. | ||
||1893: Erwin Otto Marx born ... electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses. He worked on electrical power distribution via long distances. Pic search | ||1893: Erwin Otto Marx born ... electrical engineer who invented the Marx generator, a device for producing high voltage electrical pulses. He worked on electrical power distribution via long distances. Pic search. | ||
||1895: Artturi Ilmari Virtanen born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1895: Artturi Ilmari Virtanen born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
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||1918: David George Kendall born ... statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory. Pic. | ||1918: David George Kendall born ... statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory. Pic. | ||
||1919: Jérôme Eugène Coggia dies ... astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets. Pic search | ||1919: Jérôme Eugène Coggia dies ... astronomer and discoverer of asteroids and comets. Pic search. | ||
||1919: Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150. | ||1919: Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150. | ||
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|File:Venera 7.jpg|link=Venera 7 (nonfiction)|1970: Soviet spacecraft [[Venera 7 (nonfiction)|Venera 7]] modified to run [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" program]]. | |File:Venera 7.jpg|link=Venera 7 (nonfiction)|1970: Soviet spacecraft [[Venera 7 (nonfiction)|Venera 7]] modified to run [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" program]]. | ||
||1973: Ivan Petrovsky dies ... mathematician working mainly in the field of partial differential equations. He greatly contributed to the solution of Hilbert's 19th and 16th problems, and discovered what are now called Petrovsky lacunas. He also worked on the theories of boundary value problems, probability, and on the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces. Pic search | ||1973: Ivan Petrovsky dies ... mathematician working mainly in the field of partial differential equations. He greatly contributed to the solution of Hilbert's 19th and 16th problems, and discovered what are now called Petrovsky lacunas. He also worked on the theories of boundary value problems, probability, and on the topology of algebraic curves and surfaces. Pic search. | ||
||1973: Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. | ||1973: Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. | ||
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||2007: James Hillier dies ... computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope. Pic. | ||2007: James Hillier dies ... computer scientist and academic, co-invented the electron microscope. Pic. | ||
||2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg dies ... biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. Pic. | |||
File:Greedy colorings.svg|link=Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|2018: High-energy physicists discover a "[[Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|Greedy coloring]]" particle which "drains all the color from [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|color commentary]]." | File:Greedy colorings.svg|link=Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|2018: High-energy physicists discover a "[[Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|Greedy coloring]]" particle which "drains all the color from [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|color commentary]]." | ||
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File:Phaeton 9.jpg|link=Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|2019: ''[[Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|Phaeton 9]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Phaeton 9.jpg|link=Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|2019: ''[[Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|Phaeton 9]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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1450: Polymath, cartographer, globe-builder, and crime-fighter Johannes Schöner demonstrates new type of globe which uses scrying engine techniques to detect and prevent crimes against geology.
1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.
1818: A paper by British physicist David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals.
1850: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya born. Kovalevskaya will contribute to analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics.
1896: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady dies. He was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
1908: Theoretical physicist and academic Edward Teller born. He will be known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he will not care for the epithet.
1945: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger dies. He contributed to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.
1982: Fantasy Voronoi diagram commentators say that the upcoming Stardust mission "is certain to return interesting samples of dust from the coma of comet Wild 2."
2003: Chromatographic analysis of the famous Superimposed Fraunhofer misprint stamps reveals "at least fifty, perhaps as many as sixty" previously unknown colors.
2006: A capsule of dust samples collected by the spacecraft Stardust returns to Earth.
2018: High-energy physicists discover a "Greedy coloring" particle which "drains all the color from color commentary."
2019: Phaeton 9 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.