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||1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
||1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)


File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern [[scrying engines]].
|File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern [[scrying engines]].


||1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
||1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.

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  • 1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

    1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.

  • 1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

    1860: Mathematician and physicist Vito Volterra born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.

  • 1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1890: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses radio waves to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which wwill, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

    1905: Mathematician and academic Werner Fenchel born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which wwill, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.

  • 1910: Havelock and Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

    1910: Havelock and Nikola Tesla share Nobel Prize in Physics for research into electrical field modulation and data transmission.

  • 1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

    1928: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions born. He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.

  • 2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day.

    2018: Yellow Spiral declared Picture of the Day.

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