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File:Paul Guldin.jpg|link=Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|1577: Astronomer and mathematician [[Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|Paul Guldin]] born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. | File:Paul Guldin.jpg|link=Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|1577: Astronomer and mathematician [[Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|Paul Guldin]] born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution. | ||
||1806 – John A. Roebling, German-American engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge (d. 1869) | |||
||1812 – Edmond Hébert, French geologist and academic (d. 1890) | |||
||1817 – maiden ride by Karl von Drais of the bicycle. | |||
||1843 – David Gill, Scottish-English astronomer and author (d. 1914) | |||
||1851 – Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (d. 1940) | |||
||1888 – Zygmunt Janiszewski, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1920) | |||
||1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) | |||
||1918 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Sri Lankan-Australian mathematician and academic (d. 2001) | |||
||1920 – Dave Berg, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2002) | |||
||1922 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (d. 2013) | |||
||1930 – Donald Byrne, American chess player (d. 1976) | |||
||1935 – A ceasefire is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War | |||
File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1936: Data from [[Canterbury scrying engine]] used to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1936: Data from [[Canterbury scrying engine]] used to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Vladimir Arnold.jpg|link=Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|1937: Mathematician and academic [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]] born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems. | File:Vladimir Arnold.jpg|link=Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|1937: Mathematician and academic [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]] born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems. | ||
File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]] program, although this is widely debated. | File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC]] program, although this is widely debated. | ||
||1963 – NAACP field secretary Medgar Evers is murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith during the Civil Rights Movement. | |||
||1964 – Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. | |||
||1967 – The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. | |||
||Hua Luogeng, or Hua Loo-gehng (d. 12 June 1985), was a Chinese mathematician famous for his important contributions to number theory and for his role as the leader of mathematics research and education in the People's Republic of China. | |||
||2012 – Henry Hill, American mobster (b. 1943) | |||
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Revision as of 15:16, 5 November 2017
1577: Astronomer and mathematician Paul Guldin born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
1936: Data from Canterbury scrying engine used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1937: Mathematician and academic Vladimir Arnold born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program, although this is widely debated.