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||1965: Ernst Erich Jacobsthal dies ... mathematician.  his dissertation, ''Anwendung einer Formel aus der Theorie der quadratischen Reste'' ("Application of a Formula from the Theory of Quadratic Remainders"), provided a proof that prime numbers of the form 4n + 1 are the sum of two square numbers. Pic: https://archiv.pressestelle.tu-berlin.de/doku/200jahre/ausstellung/2.etage/flure/nr.20/set20.3.htm
||1965: Ernst Erich Jacobsthal dies ... mathematician.  his dissertation, ''Anwendung einer Formel aus der Theorie der quadratischen Reste'' ("Application of a Formula from the Theory of Quadratic Remainders"), provided a proof that prime numbers of the form 4n + 1 are the sum of two square numbers. Pic: https://archiv.pressestelle.tu-berlin.de/doku/200jahre/ausstellung/2.etage/flure/nr.20/set20.3.htm
File:The Shrubbing.jpg|link=The Shrubbing|1980: Premiere of '''''[[The Shrubbing]]''''', an American landscape gardening horror film about a young gardener (Danny Torrance) who discovers that he has supernatural powers over shrubbery.


||1991: Salvador Luria  dies ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1991: Salvador Luria  dies ... biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.

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  • 1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

    1582: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus born. He will write Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.

  • 1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

    1804: Chemist, philosopher, educator, and clergyman Joseph Priestley dies. He is historically credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, but his determination to defend phlogiston theory and to reject what would become the chemical revolution left him isolated within the scientific community.

  • 1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

    1916: Mathematician and physicist John Crank born. He will work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations; his work with Phyllis Nicolson on the heat equation will result in the Crank–Nicolson method.

  • 1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

    1927: Physicist and space activist Gerard K. O'Neill born. O'Neill will invent the particle storage ring for high-energy physics experiment, and the mass driver, a magnetic launcher. In the 1970s, he will develop a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

  • 1980: Premiere of The Shrubbing, an American landscape gardening horror film about a young gardener (Danny Torrance) who discovers that he has supernatural powers over shrubbery.

    1980: Premiere of The Shrubbing, an American landscape gardening horror film about a young gardener (Danny Torrance) who discovers that he has supernatural powers over shrubbery.

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