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||120: Vettius Valens born ... astrologer. No DOD. Search book cover: https://www.google.com/search?q=vettius+valens | ||120: Vettius Valens born ... astrologer. No DOD. Search book cover: https://www.google.com/search?q=vettius+valens | ||
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||1957: Michael Fekete dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||1957: Michael Fekete dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1958: Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey. | ||1958: Ben Carlin becomes the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey. Pic. | ||
||1975: Marguerite Perey dies ... physicist and chemist ... she discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium. Pic. | ||1975: Marguerite Perey dies ... physicist and chemist ... she discovered the element francium by purifying samples of lanthanum that contained actinium. Pic. | ||
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||1998: India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. | ||1998: India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India. | ||
||2001: Sergey | ||2001: Sergey Afanasyev dies ... Soviet engineer, space and defense industry executive, the first Minister of the Soviet-era Ministry of General Machine Building. Pic. | ||
||2005: George Bernard Dantzig dies ... mathematical scientist who made important contributions to operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics. Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. Pic. | ||2005: George Bernard Dantzig dies ... mathematical scientist who made important contributions to operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics. Dantzig is known for his development of the simplex algorithm, an algorithm for solving linear programming problems. Pic. | ||
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1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.
1762: First use of Japanese rod calculus to confirm the APTO Accords.
1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.
1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.
1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."
1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
1939: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski dies. He posited three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.
2018: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.