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|File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|923: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to power new form of [[scrying engine]].
File:Theodor de Bry self portrait 1597.jpg|1598: Engraver, goldsmith, and publisher '''[[Theodor de Bry (nonfiction)|Theodor de Bry]]''' dies. de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions.  Although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers.  


||1572 – Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (b. c. 1523)
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist '''[[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]]''' born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.


||1598 – Theodor de Bry, Belgian-German engraver, goldsmith, and publisher (b. 1528)
File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist '''[[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]]''' dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.


||1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French engineer, urban planner, and politician (d. 1891)
File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician '''[[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]]''' dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.


||Johann Wilhelm Hittorf (b. 27 March 1824) was a German physicist who was born in Bonn and died in Münster, Germany. Hittorf was the first to compute the electricity-carrying capacity of charged atoms and molecules (ions), an important factor in understanding electrochemical reactions. He formulated ion transport numbers and the first method for their measurements.
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist '''[[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]''' dies. Tooker's paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.


||1836 – Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] born.  He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
||1847 – Otto Wallach, Jewish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
||1850 – Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
||1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
||1855 – William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
||1857 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
||1863 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
||1882 – Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
||1884 – A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
||1890 – Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
||1897 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
||1897 – Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (d. 1961)
||1899 – Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
||1902 – Émile Benveniste, Jewish Syrian-French linguist and semiotician (d. 1976)
||1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
File:James Dewar.jpg|link=James Dewar (nonfiction)|1923: Chemist and physicist [[James Dewar (nonfiction)|James Dewar]] dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.
||1924 – Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
File:Carl Gottfried Neumann.jpg|link=Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician [[Carl Gottfried Neumann (nonfiction)|Carl Gottfried Neumann]] dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.
File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1938: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.
||1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
|File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1954: The [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|EBR-1]] in Arco, Idaho used to generate [[diagramaceous soil]], which will later be used to compensate victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
||1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
||1977 – Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the worst aviation accident in history.
||1980 – Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
||1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|2011: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  dies.  His paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
File:Diagramaceous soil bingo algorithm harvest.jpg|link=Diagramaceous soil|2002: Tokens harvested from [[Diagramaceous soil]] used to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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  • 1598: Engraver, goldsmith, and publisher Theodor de Bry dies. de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions. Although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers.

    1598: Engraver, goldsmith, and publisher Theodor de Bry dies. de Bry gained fame for his depictions of early European expeditions. Although de Bry never visited the Americas, most of his books are based on first-hand observations by explorers.

  • 1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.

    1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen born. He will win the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.

  • 1923: Chemist and physicist James Dewar dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.

    1923: Chemist and physicist James Dewar dies. He invented the vacuum flask, which he used in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.

  • 1925: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.

    1925: Mathematician Carl Gottfried Neumann dies. He will studied physics with his father, and later worked as a mathematician, dealing almost exclusively with problems arising from physics.

  • 2011: Artist George Tooker dies. Tooker's paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

    2011: Artist George Tooker dies. Tooker's paintings depicted his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images used flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

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