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||1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997) | ||1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997) | ||
||Herman Kahn (b. February 15, 1922) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. | ||Herman Kahn (b. February 15, 1922) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was a founder of the Hudson Institute and one of the preeminent futurists of the latter part of the twentieth century. He originally came to prominence as a military strategist and systems theorist while employed at the RAND Corporation. He became known for analyzing the likely consequences of nuclear war and recommending ways to improve survivability, making him one of three historical inspirations for the title character of Stanley Kubrick's classic black comedy film satire Dr. Strangelove. | ||
||1925 – The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska. | ||1925 – The 1925 serum run to Nome: The second delivery of serum arrives in Nome, Alaska. | ||
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1564: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei born. He will be called the "father of modern physics".
1589: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1732: Mathematician and physicist Émilie du Châtelet translates scrying engine textbook from English into French.
1861: Mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead born. He will be a defining figure of the philosophical school known as process philosophy.
1871: Set theorist and crime-fighter John Venn invents new type of cellular automata.
1933: Ready Kilowatt performs in off-Broadway adaption of Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem.
1988: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman dies. For his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamic he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965.