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||1833: Kaspar Hauser dies ... alleged feral child. | ||1833: Kaspar Hauser dies ... alleged feral child. | ||
||1835: Felice Casorati born . | File:Felice Casorati.jpg|link=Felice Casorati (nonfiction)|1835: [[Felice Casorati (nonfiction)|Felice Casorati]] born. Casorati will contribute the Casorati–Weierstrass theorem in complex analysis. | ||
File:Marius Sophus Lie.jpg|link=Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|1842: Mathematician and academic [[Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|Marius Sophus Lie]] born. He will largely create the theory of continuous symmetry and apply it to the study of geometry and differential equations. | File:Marius Sophus Lie.jpg|link=Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|1842: Mathematician and academic [[Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|Marius Sophus Lie]] born. He will largely create the theory of continuous symmetry and apply it to the study of geometry and differential equations. | ||
||1853: Pierre Paul Émile Roux born ... physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist ... one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), a co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, and responsible for the institute's production of the anti-diphtheria serum, the first effective therapy for this disease. Pic. | |||
||1861: Arthur Edwin Kennelly born ... electrical engineer. Pic. | ||1861: Arthur Edwin Kennelly born ... electrical engineer. Pic. | ||
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||1892: George Brayton dies ... mechanical engineer who lived with his family in Boston and who is noted for introducing the constant pressure engine that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to as the Brayton cycle. Pic. | ||1892: George Brayton dies ... mechanical engineer who lived with his family in Boston and who is noted for introducing the constant pressure engine that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to as the Brayton cycle. Pic. | ||
||1896: Joseph von Gerlach dies ... professor of anatomy and a pioneer of histological staining and anatomical micrography. In 1858 Gerlach introduced carmine mixed with gelatin as a histological stain. Along with Camillo Golgi, he was a major proponent of the reticular theory that the brain's nervous system consisted of processes of contiguous cells fused to create a massive meshed network. Pic. | |||
||1896: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire. | ||1896: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire. | ||
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||1912: Fritz Klingenberg born ... German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade with just 6 men, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pic. | ||1912: Fritz Klingenberg born ... German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade with just 6 men, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pic. | ||
||1916: Martin Arthur Pomerantz born ... physicist who served as Director of the Bartol Research Institute and who had been a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy. Pic search | ||1916: Martin Arthur Pomerantz born ... physicist who served as Director of the Bartol Research Institute and who had been a leader in developing Antarctic astronomy. Pic search. | ||
||1920: Kenneth E. Iverson born ... computer scientist, developed the APL programming language. Pic. | ||1920: Kenneth E. Iverson born ... computer scientist, developed the APL programming language. Pic. | ||
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||1961: Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500. | ||1961: Niterói circus fire: Fire breaks out during a performance by the Gran Circus Norte-Americano in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, killing more than 500. | ||
||1964: Victor Francis Hess dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, discovered cosmic rays. Pic. | |||
||1964: Victor Francis Hess dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | |||
||1964: Jurjen Ferdinand Koksma dies ... mathematician who specialized in analytic number theory. Pic: book cover. | ||1964: Jurjen Ferdinand Koksma dies ... mathematician who specialized in analytic number theory. Pic: book cover. | ||
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||2014: Dieter Grau dies ... scientist and engineer. Peenemunde. Pic. | ||2014: Dieter Grau dies ... scientist and engineer. Peenemunde. Pic. | ||
||2015: Osamu Hayaishi dies ... biochemist and academic. Pic search | ||2015: Osamu Hayaishi dies ... biochemist and academic. Pic search. | ||
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498 BC: Dionysus gives speech which anticipates the coming of Saturnalia.
497 BC: The first Saturnalia festival celebrated in ancient Rome.
1706: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet born. She will translate and comment upon on Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica.
1835: Felice Casorati born. Casorati will contribute the Casorati–Weierstrass theorem in complex analysis.
1842: Mathematician and academic Marius Sophus Lie born. He will largely create the theory of continuous symmetry and apply it to the study of geometry and differential equations.
1900: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright born. She will do pioneering work in what will later be called chaos theory.
1907: Lord Kelvin dies. He did much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.
1938: Physicist Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.