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||27 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. Pic. | ||27 BC: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. Pic. | ||
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File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1477: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers. | File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1477: [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers. | ||
||1545: George Spalatin dies ... pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic. | ||1545: George Spalatin dies ... pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic. | ||
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||1605: The first edition of ''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. Pic. | ||1605: The first edition of ''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha'' (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid, Spain. Pic. | ||
|File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1731: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] translates [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbook from English into French. | |File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1731: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] translates [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbook from English into French. | ||
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||1938: Frederick Rowbottom born ... logician and mathematician. The large cardinal notion of Rowbottom cardinals is named after him. Pic: https://week42.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/fred-rowbottom/ | ||1938: Frederick Rowbottom born ... logician and mathematician. The large cardinal notion of Rowbottom cardinals is named after him. Pic: https://week42.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/fred-rowbottom/ | ||
File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|1962: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems. | File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|1962: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems. | ||
File:Robert J. Van de Graaff.jpg|link=Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist [[Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|Robert J. Van de Graaff]] dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators. | |||
File:Robert J. Van de Graaff.jpg|link=Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist [[Robert J. Van de Graaff (nonfiction)|Robert J. Van de Graaff]] dies. He | |||
||1969: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. | ||1969: Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk. | ||
File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects | File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects. | ||
||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic. | ||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
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||2001: Patent granted for Control circuits for electric coding machines. Was applied for 1944. See https://patents.google.com/patent/US6175625B1/en and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGABA | ||2001: Patent granted for Control circuits for electric coding machines. Was applied for 1944. See https://patents.google.com/patent/US6175625B1/en and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGABA | ||
||2002: Robert Hanbury Brown dies ... astronomer and physicist. | ||2002: Robert Hanbury Brown dies ... astronomer and physicist ... made notable contributions to the development of radar and later conducted pioneering work in the field of radio astronomy. With Richard Q. Twiss he developed the Hanbury Brown and Twiss effect leading to the creation of intensity interferometers. Pic. | ||
||2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. | ||2003: The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry. | ||
||2013: André Cassagnes dies ... technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926). Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Andr%C3%A9+Cassagnes | ||2013: André Cassagnes dies ... technician and toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (b. 1926). Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Andr%C3%A9+Cassagnes | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:55, 17 January 2022
1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.
1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.
1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.
1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.