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|File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | |File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | ||
||1697: Georg Mohr dies ... mathematician and academic ... More was the first to prove the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, which states that any geometric construction which can be done with compass and straightedge can also be done with compasses alone. Pic search book cover | ||1697: Georg Mohr dies ... mathematician and academic ... More was the first to prove the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, which states that any geometric construction which can be done with compass and straightedge can also be done with compasses alone. Pic search book cover. | ||
||1823: Edward Jenner dies ... physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from Variolae vaccinae (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1796 in the long title of his Inquiry into the ''Variolae vaccinae'' known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox. Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human". Pic. | ||1823: Edward Jenner dies ... physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from Variolae vaccinae (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1796 in the long title of his Inquiry into the ''Variolae vaccinae'' known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox. Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human". Pic. | ||
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image. | File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image. | ||
File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount in charity benefit for victims of | |File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount in charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants. | ||
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | ||
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File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | ||
||1911: Polykarp Kusch born . | File:Polykarp Kusch (1955).jpg|link=Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist and academic [[Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|Polykarp Kusch]] born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment. | ||
||1919: Igor Gouzenko born ... cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945 – just three days after the end of World War II – with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. Pic (wearing hood mask during testimony - how cool is that?). | ||1919: Igor Gouzenko born ... cipher clerk for the Soviet Embassy to Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. He defected on September 5, 1945 – just three days after the end of World War II – with 109 documents on Soviet espionage activities in the West. Pic (wearing hood mask during testimony - how cool is that?). | ||
||1920: Hans Holzer born ... paranormal investigator and author. Pic. | |||
File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1926: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] makes the first public demonstration of television. | File:John Logie Baird 1917.jpg|link=John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|1926: Engineer and inventor [[John Logie Baird (nonfiction)|John Logie Baird]] makes the first public demonstration of television. | ||
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File:Donald Sarason 2003.jpg|link=Donald Sarason (nonfiction)|1933: Mathematician [[Donald Sarason (nonfiction)|Donald Erik Sarason]] born. He will make fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO). | File:Donald Sarason 2003.jpg|link=Donald Sarason (nonfiction)|1933: Mathematician [[Donald Sarason (nonfiction)|Donald Erik Sarason]] born. He will make fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO). | ||
||1942: Felix Hausdorff dies ... mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, function theory, and functional analysis. Pic. | ||1942: Felix Hausdorff dies ... mathematician who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, function theory, and functional analysis. Pic. | ||
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||1946: Adriaan van Maanen dies ... astronomer and academic. Van Maanen is well known for his astrometric measurements of internal motions in spiral nebulae; ultimately his data was found to contain serious errors. Pic. | ||1946: Adriaan van Maanen dies ... astronomer and academic. Van Maanen is well known for his astrometric measurements of internal motions in spiral nebulae; ultimately his data was found to contain serious errors. Pic. | ||
File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km). | ||
File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|1963: The [[Flying Diner]] announces twice-daily flights between | File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|1963: The [[Flying Diner]] announces twice-daily flights between New Minneapolis, Canada and Saint Paul, Minnesota. | ||
||1974: Johanna Langefeld dies ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. Pic search | ||1974: Johanna Langefeld dies ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. Pic search. | ||
||2007: Jean David Ichbiah dies ... computer scientist and the initial chief designer (1977–1983) of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. Pic. | ||2007: Jean David Ichbiah dies ... computer scientist and the initial chief designer (1977–1983) of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. Pic. | ||
||2020: Mathematician Louis Nirenberg dies ... made fundamental contributions to linear and nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their application to complex analysis and geometry. Pic. | |||
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1467: Scholar and philosopher Guillaume Budé born. His De Asse et Partibus Eius (1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures, will secure his reputation.
1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.
1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.
1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.
1911: Physicist and academic Polykarp Kusch born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.
1926: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird makes the first public demonstration of television.
1933: Mathematician Donald Erik Sarason born. He will make fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO).
1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between New Minneapolis, Canada and Saint Paul, Minnesota.