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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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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 designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators. | ||
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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. | 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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||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.