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||1679: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli dies ... physiologist and physicist ... contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation. Pic.
||1679: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli dies ... physiologist and physicist ... contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation. Pic.
File:Giovanni Alfonso Borelli.jpg|link=Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (nonfiction)|1679: Physiologist, physicist, and mathematician [[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (nonfiction)|Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]] dies. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation.


||1691: Robert Boyle dies ... chemist and physicist. Pic.
||1691: Robert Boyle dies ... chemist and physicist. Pic.
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||1719: John Flamsteed dies ... astronomer and academic. Pic.
||1719: John Flamsteed dies ... astronomer and academic. Pic.
File:Johann Bernoulli.jpg|link=|1738: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Johann Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Johann Bernouli]] publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which has applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1776: Johann Spurzheim born ... physician and leading phrenologist. Pic.
||1776: Johann Spurzheim born ... physician and leading phrenologist. Pic.
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||1872: Onorato Nicoletti dies ... mathematician. He published works in various fields of mathematics, including numerical analysis, infinitesmal analysis, the equations related to hermitian matrices, and differential equations.  Pic.
||1872: Onorato Nicoletti dies ... mathematician. He published works in various fields of mathematics, including numerical analysis, infinitesmal analysis, the equations related to hermitian matrices, and differential equations.  Pic.
||1812: Photographer Adolphe Braun dies ... best known for his floral still lifes, Parisian street scenes, and grand Alpine landscapes. One of the most influential French photographers of the 19th century, he used contemporary innovations in photographic reproduction to market his photographs worldwide. In his later years, he used photographic techniques to reproduce famous works of art, which helped advance the field of art history. Pic.


||1878: Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879. Pic.
||1878: Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879. Pic.
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||1913: Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr. dies ... astronomer. He is best remembered for his research on what is today known as the Chandler wobble. His research on this spanned nearly three decades. Pic.
||1913: Seth Carlo Chandler, Jr. dies ... astronomer. He is best remembered for his research on what is today known as the Chandler wobble. His research on this spanned nearly three decades. Pic.


||1921: Gilbert Stork born ... organic chemist and academic. ... known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a life-long fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=gilbert+stork
||1921: Gilbert Stork born ... organic chemist and academic. ... known for making significant contributions to the total synthesis of natural products, including a life-long fascination with the synthesis of quinine. In so doing he also made a number of contributions to mechanistic understanding of reactions, and performed pioneering work on enamine chemistry, leading to development of the Stork enamine alkylation. Pic search.


||1928: Siné born ... cartoonist.
||1928: Siné born ... cartoonist.
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||1948: Heinrich Matthias Konen dies ... physicist who specialized in spectroscopy. Pic: https://www.google.com/search?biw=1175&bih=668&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=FTCAW9PkLaufjwSgn6XoAg&q=Heinrich+Konen&oq=Heinrich+Konen&gs_l=img.3...3908464.3908464.0.3908896.1.1.0.0.0.0.290.290.2-1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.img..0.0.0....0.4KnrtIlysyg#imgrc=76oBzXZb-gljNM:
||1948: Heinrich Matthias Konen dies ... physicist who specialized in spectroscopy. Pic: https://www.google.com/search?biw=1175&bih=668&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=FTCAW9PkLaufjwSgn6XoAg&q=Heinrich+Konen&oq=Heinrich+Konen&gs_l=img.3...3908464.3908464.0.3908896.1.1.0.0.0.0.290.290.2-1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.img..0.0.0....0.4KnrtIlysyg#imgrc=76oBzXZb-gljNM:
||1952: Mathematician Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones born - known for his work on von Neumann algebras and knot polynomials.


||1955: General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
||1955: General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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||1967: August Becker dies ... mid-ranking functionary in the SS of Nazi Germany and chemist in the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA). He helped design the vans with a gas chamber built into the back compartment used in early Nazi mass murder of disabled people, political dissidents, Jews, and other "racial enemies," including Action T4 as well as the Einsatzgruppen (mobile Nazi death squads) in the Nazi-occupied portions of the Soviet Union.  No pic online.
||1967: August Becker dies ... mid-ranking functionary in the SS of Nazi Germany and chemist in the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA). He helped design the vans with a gas chamber built into the back compartment used in early Nazi mass murder of disabled people, political dissidents, Jews, and other "racial enemies," including Action T4 as well as the Einsatzgruppen (mobile Nazi death squads) in the Nazi-occupied portions of the Soviet Union.  No pic online.
File:Commodore Grace M. Hopper, USN.jpg|link=Grace Hopper (nonfiction)|1969: Computer scientist and [[APTO]] liaison [[Grace Hopper (nonfiction)|Grace Hopper]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse, where she delivers an impromptu lecture on applications of distributed computation in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


|File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1969: [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to detect and expose [[Extract of Radium]] marketing campaign.
|File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1969: [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to detect and expose [[Extract of Radium]] marketing campaign.
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File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
File:Woodward and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1970: [[Extract of Radium]] wishes you a Happy New Year!


||1982: Kurt Otto Friedrichs dies ... mathematician. His greatest contribution to applied mathematics was his work on partial differential equations. Pic.
||1982: Kurt Otto Friedrichs dies ... mathematician. His greatest contribution to applied mathematics was his work on partial differential equations. Pic.
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||1991: All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date 5 days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.
||1991: All official Soviet Union institutions have ceased operations by this date 5 days after the Soviet Union is officially dissolved.


||2003: Arthur R. von Hippel dies ... physicist and author. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=arthur+r.+von+hippel
||2003: Arthur R. von Hippel dies ... physicist and author. Pic search.


||2004: Gérard Debreu dies ... economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||2004: Gérard Debreu dies ... economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
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File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2016: Reality television show ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' fully funded by Kickstarter.
File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2016: Reality television show ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' fully funded by Kickstarter.


File:Mad King.jpg|link=Mad King (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Mad King (nonfiction)|Mad King]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1610: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen dies. He spent a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

    1610: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen dies. He spent a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

  • 1679: Physiologist, physicist, and mathematician Giovanni Alfonso Borelli dies. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation.

    1679: Physiologist, physicist, and mathematician Giovanni Alfonso Borelli dies. He contributed to the modern principle of scientific investigation by continuing Galileo's practice of testing hypotheses against observation.

  • 1853: Banquet held in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon.

    1853: Banquet held in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon.

  • 1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

    1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

  • 1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

    1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

  • 1900: Priest and inventor Hannibal Goodwin dies. He invented and patented rolled celluloid photographic film.

    1900: Priest and inventor Hannibal Goodwin dies. He invented and patented rolled celluloid photographic film.

  • 1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

    1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

  • 2007: The Deep Impact spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).

    2007: The Deep Impact spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).

  • 2016: Reality television show Dennis Paulson of Mars fully funded by Kickstarter.

    2016: Reality television show Dennis Paulson of Mars fully funded by Kickstarter.

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