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||1526: Scipione del Ferro dies ... mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. No pic online. | ||1526: Scipione del Ferro dies ... mathematician who first discovered a method to solve the depressed cubic equation. No pic online. | ||
||1647: Vincentio Reinieri dies . | File:Tabulae_motuum_caelestium_universales_by_Vincentio_Reinieri_(1647).png|link=Vincentio Reinieri (nonfiction)|1647: Mathematician and astronomer [[Vincentio Reinieri (nonfiction)|Vincentio Reinieri]] dies. Reinieri will revise and finish the work of [[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]], who before his death will place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands. | ||
||1688: Louis Bertrand Castel born ... mathematician and philosopher. Ocular organ (stained glass keyboard). Pic (caricature). | ||1688: Louis Bertrand Castel born ... mathematician and philosopher. Ocular organ (stained glass keyboard). Pic (caricature). | ||
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||1854: Paul Sabatier born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1854: Paul Sabatier born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1855: Eugene V. Debs born ... union leader and politician. | ||1855: Eugene V. Debs born ... union leader and politician. Pic. | ||
||1855: Léon Teisserenc de Bort born ... meteorologist and climatologist ... credited as co-discoverer of the stratosphere, as both men announced their discovery during the same time period in 1902. | ||1855: Léon Teisserenc de Bort born ... meteorologist and climatologist ... credited as co-discoverer of the stratosphere, as both men announced their discovery during the same time period in 1902. Teisserenc de Bort pioneered the use of unmanned instrumented balloons and was the first to identify the region in the atmosphere around 8-17 kilometers of height where the lapse rate reaches zero, known today as the tropopause. Pic. | ||
||1866: Alfred Tauber born ... mathematician, known for his contribution to mathematical analysis and to the theory of functions of a complex variable: he is the eponym of an important class of theorems with applications ranging from mathematical and harmonic analysis to number theory. He was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Pic. | ||1866: Alfred Tauber born ... mathematician, known for his contribution to mathematical analysis and to the theory of functions of a complex variable: he is the eponym of an important class of theorems with applications ranging from mathematical and harmonic analysis to number theory. He was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Pic. | ||
||1872: Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. | ||1872: Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. Pic. | ||
File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | ||
||1892: J. B. S. Haldane born ... geneticist and biologist. | ||1892: J. B. S. Haldane born ... geneticist and biologist ... contributed to physiology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and mathematics. He made innovative contributions to the fields of statistics and biostatistics. His article on abiogenesis in 1929 introduced the "primordial soup theory", and it became the foundation to build physical models for the chemical origin of life. Pic. | ||
||1892: John Alcock born ... captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. | ||1892: John Alcock born ... captain in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. | ||
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||1936: Michael Dertouzos born ... computer scientist and academic. | ||1936: Michael Dertouzos born ... computer scientist and academic. | ||
||1944: Alexis Carrel dies ... surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate ... Perfusion pump w/ Charles Lindbergh. | ||1944: Alexis Carrel dies ... surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate ... Perfusion pump w/ Charles Lindbergh. Pic. | ||
||1952: Robert Wayne Thomason born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic K-theory. His results include a proof that all infinite loop space machines are in some sense equivalent, and progress on the Quillen–Lichtenbaum conjecture. No death date. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Robert-Wayne-Thomason | ||1952: Robert Wayne Thomason born ... mathematician who worked on algebraic K-theory. His results include a proof that all infinite loop space machines are in some sense equivalent, and progress on the Quillen–Lichtenbaum conjecture. No death date. Pic: https://alchetron.com/Robert-Wayne-Thomason | ||
||1957: Olive Dennis dies ... engineer whose design innovations changed the nature of railway travel. Pic. | |||
File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|1975: Author and illustrator [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Richard Sharpe Shaver]] dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. | File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|1975: Author and illustrator [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Richard Sharpe Shaver]] dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. | ||
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1978: In an interview published in ''Omni'' magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]] says that "the [[Gnomon Chronicles]] is analogous to [Richard Sharp] [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Shaver]]'s work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder." | |||
||1979: Al Capp dies ... cartoonist. | ||1979: Al Capp dies ... cartoonist. | ||
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File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. | File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the [[MAVEN (nonfiction)|MAVEN probe]] shows that the deterioration of [[Mars (nonfiction)|Mars]]’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms. | ||
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1647: Mathematician and astronomer Vincentio Reinieri dies. Reinieri will revise and finish the work of Galileo, who before his death will place all of the papers containing his observations and calculations in Reinieri's hands.
1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.
1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.
1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.
1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.
![1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that "the Gnomon Chronicles is analogous to [Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."](/w/images/thumb/2/20/Alice_Beta.jpg/80px-Alice_Beta.jpg)
1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that "the Gnomon Chronicles is analogous to [Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."
2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.
2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.