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||1503 – Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Italian banker and politician (b. 1463)
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||1537 – Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist (d. 1619)
||1503: Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici dies ... banker and politician. Pic.


|File:Ludolf van Ceulen.jpg|link=Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|1561: Mathematician and fencer [[Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|Ludolph van Ceulen]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1537: Hieronymus Fabricius born ... anatomist. Pic.


||1570 – Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.
File:Abraham Ortelius by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|link=Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|1570: Cartographer and geographer [[Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|Abraham Ortelius]] issues ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'', the first modern atlas.


||1772 – Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, English inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets (d. 1828)
||1772: William Congreve born ... inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets. Pic.


||1782 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1701)
||1782: William Emerson dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||Erland Samuel Bring (d. 20 May 1798) was a Swedish mathematician.
||1798: Erland Samuel Bring dies ... mathematician. Pic.
 
||1798: Ajima Naonobu dies ... mathematician. He is credited with introducing calculus into Japanese mathematics. Ajima was an astronomer at the Shogun's Observatory (''Bakufu Temmongaki''). No DOB. Pic (diagram): https://www.google.com/search?q=Ajima+Naonobu


File:John Stuart Mill circa 1870.jpg|link=John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher [[John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|John Stuart Mill]] born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.
File:John Stuart Mill circa 1870.jpg|link=John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher [[John Stuart Mill (nonfiction)|John Stuart Mill]] born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.


||Johan Afzelius (d. 20 May 1837 in Uppsala) was a Swedish chemist and notable as the doctoral advisor of one of the founders of modern chemistry, Jöns Jacob Berzelius. He was the brother of botanist Adam Afzelius and physician Pehr von Afzelius.
||1837: Johan Afzelius dies ... chemist and notable as the doctoral advisor of one of the founders of modern chemistry, Jöns Jacob Berzelius. He was the brother of botanist Adam Afzelius and physician Pehr von Afzelius. Pic.


||Edouard Sarasin (b. 20 May 1843) was an independent scientist in Geneva. Born in a wealthy family, he established a private laboratory where he collaborated with other researchers. His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics.
||1843: Edouard Sarasin born ... scientist in Geneva. Born in a wealthy family, he established a private laboratory where he collaborated with other researchers. His studies included those on the properties of waves, resonance, radiowaves, radiation and geophysics. Pic.


||Emile Berliner (b. May 20, 1851), originally Emil Berliner, was a German-born American inventor. He is best known for inventing the flat disc phonograph record (called a gramophone record in British English and originally also in American English) and the Gramophone.  
||1851: Emile Berliner born ... inventor. He is best known for inventing the flat disc phonograph record (called a gramophone record in British English and originally also in American English) and the Gramophone. Pic.


||1860 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
||1860: Eduard Buchner born ... chemist, zymologist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||Friedrich Moritz Hartogs (b. 20 May 1874) was a German-Jewish mathematician, known for his work on set theory and foundational results on several complex variables. Pic.
||1874: Friedrich Moritz Hartogs born ... mathematician, known for his work on set theory and foundational results on several complex variables. Pic.


||1879 – Hans Meerwein, German chemist (d. 1965)
||1879: Hans Meerwein born ... chemist. Several reactions and reagents bear his name, most notably the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction, the Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement, the Meerwein arylation reaction, and Meerwein's salt. Pic.


File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]].
||1880: William Miller born ... mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography. Miller indices are named after him, the method having been described in his ''Treatise on Crystallography'' (1839). Pic search.
 
File:Winfried Otto Schumann.jpg|link=Winfried Otto Schumann (nonfiction)|1888: Physicist [[Winfried Otto Schumann (nonfiction)|Winfried Otto Schumann]] born. He will predict the existence of Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.
File:Winfried Otto Schumann.jpg|link=Winfried Otto Schumann (nonfiction)|1888: Physicist [[Winfried Otto Schumann (nonfiction)|Winfried Otto Schumann]] born. He will predict the existence of a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere, now known as Schumann resonances.


File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1889: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] radio technology to intercept communications between [[math criminals]], providing information which will lead to the capture of [[Baron Zersetzung]].
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1889: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] radio technology to intercept communications between [[math criminals]], providing information which will lead to the capture of [[Baron Zersetzung]].
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File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype [[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|kinetoscope]].
File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype [[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|kinetoscope]].


||1895 – R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B (d. 1937)
||1895: R. J. Mitchell born ... engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire and Supermarine S.6B. Pic.
 
||1900: Erika Cremer born ... physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneer in gas chromatography. Pic.
 
||1901: Max Euwe born ... chess player, mathematician, and author. Pic.
 
||1913: William Redington Hewlett born ... engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard. Pic.


||Erika Cremer (b. 20 May 1900) was a German physical chemist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Innsbruck who is regarded as one of the most important pioneer in gas chromatography. Pic.
||1913: Isaak Pomeranchuk born ... theoretical physicist working in particle physics (including thermonuclear weapons), quantum field theory, electromagnetic and synchrotron radiation, condensed matter physics and the physics of liquid helium. Pic search.


||1901 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (d. 1981)
||1920: Engineer William Hewlett born ... co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Pic.


||1913 – William Redington Hewlett, American engineer, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (d. 2001)
||1920: Hal Anger dies ... biophysicist and engineer, known for his invention of the gamma camera. Pic.


||1921 – Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (d. 1995)
||1921: Hao Wang born ... logician, philosopher, and mathematician. Pic: http://richardzach.org/2016/09/03/interview-with-hao-wang-and-robin-gandy/


||1924 – David Chavchavadze, English-American CIA officer and author (d. 2014)
||1924: David Chavchavadze born ... English-American CIA officer and author. Pic.


||1925 – Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (d. 2001)
||1925: Alexei Tupolev born ... engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144. Pic.


||1926: Munir Ahmad Khan born. He will be a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a nuclear physicist, who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1972 to 1991. He is credited among the persons who are called as "father of the Pakistan's atomic bomb project" Pic.
||1926: Munir Ahmad Khan born. He will be a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a nuclear physicist, who served as the chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) from 1972 to 1991. He is credited among the persons who are called as "father of the Pakistan's atomic bomb project" Pic.


File:Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electral.jpg|link=Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|1932: [[Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|Amelia Earhart]] takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
File:Amelia Earhart standing under nose of her Lockheed Model 10-E Electral.jpg|link=Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|1932: [[Amelia Earhart (nonfiction)|Amelia Earhart]] departs Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her Lockheed Vega on her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Earhart lands in Northern Ireland, making her the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.
 
||1946: Jacob Ellehammer dies ... mechanic, watchmaker, and inventor, remembered chiefly for his contributions to powered flight. Pic (helicopter!).


File:Ernst Zermelo 1900s.jpg|link=Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)|1946: Logician, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)|Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo]] uses the well-ordering theorem to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1947: Philipp Lenard dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1947 – Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
||1949: In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.


||1949 – In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
||1950: Computer scientist Sally Floyd born.  Floyd will contribute to computer networking, notably Internet congestion control. Pic search.


||1956 – In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
||1956: In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.


||1964 – Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
||1964: Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.


||Jürgen Ehlers (d. 20 May 2008) was a German physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Pic.
||1982: Merle Tuve dies ... geophysicist and academic. He was a pioneer in the use of pulsed radio waves whose discoveries opened the way to the development of radar and nuclear energy. Pic search.


||2012 – Eugene Polley, American engineer, invented the remote control (b. 1915)
||2002: Stephen Jay Gould dies ... paleontologist, biologist, and author. Pic.


||John David Jackson (d. May 20, 2016) was a Canadian–American physics professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A theoretical physicist, he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and is well known for numerous publications and summer-school lectures in nuclear and particle physics, as well as his widely-used graduate text on classical electrodynamics. The book is notorious for the difficulty of its problems, and its tendency to treat non-obvious conclusions as self-evident. Pic.
||2008: Jürgen Ehlers dies ... physicist who contributed to the understanding of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.  Pic.
 
||2012: Eugene Polley dies ... engineer, invented the remote control. Pic search.
 
||2016: John David Jackson dies ... physics professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley and a faculty senior scientist emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. A theoretical physicist, he was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and is well known for numerous publications and summer-school lectures in nuclear and particle physics, as well as his widely-used graduate text on classical electrodynamics. The book is notorious for the difficulty of its problems, and its tendency to treat non-obvious conclusions as self-evident. Pic.
 
||2017: Jean E. Sammet dies ... computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language. Pic.


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  • 1570: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.

    1570: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas.

  • 1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.

    1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.

  • 1888: Physicist Winfried Otto Schumann born. He will predict the existence of a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere, now known as Schumann resonances.

    1888: Physicist Winfried Otto Schumann born. He will predict the existence of a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere, now known as Schumann resonances.

  • 1889: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla radio technology to intercept communications between math criminals, providing information which will lead to the capture of Baron Zersetzung.

    1889: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla radio technology to intercept communications between math criminals, providing information which will lead to the capture of Baron Zersetzung.

  • 1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

    1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

  • 1932: Amelia Earhart departs Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her Lockheed Vega on her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Earhart lands in Northern Ireland, making her the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.

    1932: Amelia Earhart departs Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, in her Lockheed Vega on her solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic. After a flight lasting 14 hours, 56 minutes, Earhart lands in Northern Ireland, making her the second person (after Charles Lindbergh) to fly nonstop and alone across the Atlantic.

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