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File:Otto_von_Guericke.jpg|link=Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|1663: [[Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|Otto von Guericke]] completes his book ''Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio''.
File:Otto_von_Guericke.jpg|link=Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|1663: [[Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|Otto von Guericke]] completes his book ''Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio''.


File:Pieter van Musschenbroek.jpg|link=Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|Pieter van Musschenbroek]] born. He will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.
File:Pieter van Musschenbroek.jpg|link=Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|Pieter van Musschenbroek]] born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.


||1800: James Bogardus born ... inventor and architect. Pic.
||1800: James Bogardus born ... inventor and architect. Pic.
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File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1878: Greengrocer, adventurer, and alleged time-traveller [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats criminal mastermind [[Baron Zersetzung]] in single combat.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1878: Greengrocer, adventurer, and alleged time-traveller [[Wallace War-Heels]] defeats criminal mastermind [[Baron Zersetzung]] in single combat.


File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. He will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).


File:James Joseph Sylvester.jpg|link=James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|1880: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|James Joseph Sylvester]] uses combinatorial partition theory to detect and prevent of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:James Joseph Sylvester.jpg|link=James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|1880: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[James Joseph Sylvester (nonfiction)|James Joseph Sylvester]] uses combinatorial partition theory to detect and prevent of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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||1920: Hank Ketcham born ... author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace. Pic.
||1920: Hank Ketcham born ... author and cartoonist, created Dennis the Menace. Pic.


File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] dies. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] takes his own life; he had suffered intense pain for several years. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.


File:Arthur Compton 1927.jpg|link=Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|1933:  American physicist and crime-fighter [[Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|Arthur Compton]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Arthur Compton 1927.jpg|link=Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|1933:  American physicist and crime-fighter [[Arthur Compton (nonfiction)|Arthur Compton]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]], based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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||1973: Chic Young born ... cartoonist: Blondie. Pic.
||1973: Chic Young born ... cartoonist: Blondie. Pic.


File:Howard Aiken.jpg|link=Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|1973: Physicist and computer scientist [[Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|Howard H. Aiken]] dies. He designed the  Harvard Mark I computer.
File:Howard Aiken.jpg|link=Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|1973: Physicist and computer scientist [[Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|Howard H. Aiken]] dies. Aiken designed the  Harvard Mark I computer, among other pioneering contributions to computer science.


||1984: Aurelio Peccei dies ... industrialist and philanthropist, best known as co-founder with Alexander King and first president of the Club of Rome, an organisation which attracted considerable public attention in 1972 with its report, The Limits to Growth. Pic.
||1984: Aurelio Peccei dies ... industrialist and philanthropist, best known as co-founder with Alexander King and first president of the Club of Rome, an organisation which attracted considerable public attention in 1972 with its report, The Limits to Growth. Pic.

Revision as of 17:18, 15 March 2020

  • 1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio.

    1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio.

  • 1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

    1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.

  • 1878: Greengrocer, adventurer, and alleged time-traveller Wallace War-Heels defeats criminal mastermind Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

    1878: Greengrocer, adventurer, and alleged time-traveller Wallace War-Heels defeats criminal mastermind Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

  • 1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).

    1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).

  • 1880: Mathematician and crime-fighter James Joseph Sylvester uses combinatorial partition theory to detect and prevent of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1880: Mathematician and crime-fighter James Joseph Sylvester uses combinatorial partition theory to detect and prevent of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1882: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński born. He will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

    1882: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński born. He will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.

  • 1883: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Elwin Bruno Christoffel publishes new theory of differential geometry based on Gnomon algorithm principles, influencing the development of tensor calculus and related techniques for detecting and preventing of crimes against general relativity.

    1883: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter Elwin Bruno Christoffel publishes new theory of differential geometry based on Gnomon algorithm principles, influencing the development of tensor calculus and related techniques for detecting and preventing of crimes against general relativity.

  • 1932: George Eastman takes his own life; he had suffered intense pain for several years. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.

    1932: George Eastman takes his own life; he had suffered intense pain for several years. Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.

  • 1933: American physicist and crime-fighter Arthur Compton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1933: American physicist and crime-fighter Arthur Compton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on the Compton effect, use the particle nature of electromagnetic radiation to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material.

    1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material.

  • 1973: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken dies. Aiken designed the Harvard Mark I computer, among other pioneering contributions to computer science.

    1973: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken dies. Aiken designed the Harvard Mark I computer, among other pioneering contributions to computer science.

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