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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. |
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| ||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. |
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| ||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. |
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| ||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. |
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| ||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. |
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| ||Samuil Shatunovsky (d. 27 March 1929) was a Russian mathematician. He worked on several topics in mathematical analysis and algebra, such as group theory, number theory and geometry. Independently from Hilbert, he developed a similar axiomatic theory and applied it in geometry, algebra, Galois theory and analysis. Pic.
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| ||1836 – Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
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| 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.
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| ||1847 – Otto Wallach, Jewish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
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| ||1850 – Wilhelm Beer, Prussian astronomer and banker (b. 1797)
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| ||1854 – Giovanni Battista Grassi, Italian physician, zoologist, and entomologist (d. 1925)
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| ||1855 – William Libbey, American target shooter, colonel, mountaineer, geographer, geologist, and archaeologist (d. 1927)
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| ||1857 – Karl Pearson, English mathematician, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1936)
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| ||1863 – Henry Royce, English engineer and businessman, founded Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1933)
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| ||Tommy Bonnesen (b. 27 March 1873) was a Danish mathematician, known for Bonnesen's inequality.
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| ||1882 – Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (d. 1965)
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| ||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.
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| ||The Blessed Francesco Faà di Bruno (d. 27 March 1888) was an Italian priest and advocate of the poor, a leading mathematician of his era and a noted religious musician. In 1988 he was beatified by Pope John Paul II. He is the eponym of Faà di Bruno's formula. Pic.
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| ||1890 – Carl Jacob Löwig, German chemist and academic (b. 1803)
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| ||1897 – Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (d. 1958)
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| ||1897 – Fred Keating, American magician, stage and film actor (d. 1961)
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| ||1899 – Herbert Arthur Stuart, German-Swiss physicist and academic (d. 1974)
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| ||1902 – Émile Benveniste, Jewish Syrian-French linguist and semiotician (d. 1976)
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| ||László Kalmár (b. 27 March 1905) was a Hungarian mathematician and Professor at the University of Szeged. Kalmár is considered the founder of mathematical logic and theoretical computer science in Hungary.
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| ||1910 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American ichthyologist, zoologist, and engineer (b. 1835)
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| 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.
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| ||1924 – Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer (d. 2013)
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| 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.
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| ||Charlotte Cynthia Barnum (d. March 27, 1934), mathematician and social activist, was the first woman to receive a Ph.D in mathematics from Yale University. No pic.
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| ||1945 – Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
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| ||1954: Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
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| |File:EBR-I powers four light bulbs.jpg|link=Experimental Breeder Reactor I (nonfiction)|1955: 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]].
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| ||1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
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| ||1968 – Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
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| ||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.
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| ||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.
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| ||1993 – Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.
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| 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.
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| 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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