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File:Eclipse.jpg|3340 BC: Earliest recorded [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|solar eclipse]].
File:Eclipse.jpg|3340 BC: Earliest recorded [[Eclipse (nonfiction)|solar eclipse]].


||1603 – William Gilbert, English scientist (b. 1544)
||1603: William Gilbert dies ... scientist.


||1647 – Bonaventura Cavalieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1598)
||1647: Bonaventura Cavalieri dies ... mathematician and astronomer.


||1689: Mathematician Joseph Raphson made a Fellow of the Royal Society, after being proposed for membership by Edmund Halley. Pic document; no birth/death.
||1689: Mathematician Joseph Raphson made a Fellow of the Royal Society, after being proposed for membership by Edmund Halley. Pic document; no birth/death.


||1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and author (d. 1827)
||1756: Ernst Chladni born ... physicist and author.


||John Dollond FRS (d. 30 November 1761) was an English optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets. Pic.
||1761: John Dollond dies ... optician, known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets. Pic.


||1765 – George Glas, Scottish merchant and explorer (b. 1725)
||1765: George Glas dies ... merchant and explorer.


||1768 – Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish physician, chemist, and biologist (d. 1838)
||1768: Jędrzej Śniadecki born ... physician, chemist, and biologist.


||1781 – Alexander Berry, Scottish surgeon, merchant, and explorer (d. 1873)
||1781: Alexander Berry born ... surgeon, merchant, and explorer.


File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1826: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Wizard Jan Kochanowski.jpg|link=Jan_Kochanowski|1826: Poet and wizard [[Jan Kochanowski]] adapts [[Nebra sky disk (nonfiction)|Nebra sky disk]] for use in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:Ernst Chladni.jpg|link=Ernst Chladni (nonfiction)|1827: Physicist, musician, and academic [[Ernst Chladni (nonfiction)|Ernst Chladni]] dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.
File:Ernst Chladni.jpg|link=Ernst Chladni (nonfiction)|1827: Physicist, musician, and academic [[Ernst Chladni (nonfiction)|Ernst Chladni]] dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.


||Johann Tobias Mayer (d. 30 November 1830) was a German physicist. He was mainly well known for his mathematics and natural science textbooks.  Pic.
||1830: Johann Tobias Mayer dies ... physicist. He was mainly well known for his mathematics and natural science textbooks.  Pic. Reflecting circle.


||Sir William Henry Flower KCB FRCS FRS (b. 30 November 1831) was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain. Pic.
||1831: Sir William Henry Flower born ... surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain. Pic.


File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] born.
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] born.


||Joseph Johann von Littrow (d. 30 November 1840, Vienna) was an Austrian astronomer.
||1840: Joseph Johann von Littrow dies ... astronomer.


||1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist (d. 1937)
||1858: Jagadish Chandra Bose born ... physicist, biologist, botanist, and archaeologist.


||1869 – Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
||1869: Gustaf Dalén born ... physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1873 – Alexander Berry, Scottish-Welsh surgeon, merchant, and explorer (b. 1781)
||1873: Alexander Berry dies ... surgeon, merchant, and explorer.


||Friedrich Hasenöhrl (b. 30 November 1874), was an Austrian physicist. Pic.
||Friedrich Hasenöhrl (b. 30 November 1874), was an Austrian physicist. Pic.
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||1936: Mathematician and academic Dmitri Anosov born. He will make contributions to dynamical systems theory. Pic.
||1936: Mathematician and academic Dmitri Anosov born. He will make contributions to dynamical systems theory. Pic.


||1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
||1936: In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.


||1937 – Praveen Chaudhari, Indian-American physicist and academic (d. 2010)
||1937: Praveen Chaudhari born ... physicist and academic.


File:Ridley Scott.jpg|link=Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|1937: Film director and producer [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Ridley Scott]] born.  
File:Ridley Scott.jpg|link=Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|1937: Film director and producer [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Ridley Scott]] born.  


||1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
||1954: In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.


||Joseph Lade Pawsey (d. 30 November 1962) was an Australian scientist, radiophysicist and radio astronomer. Pic.
||1962: Joseph Lade Pawsey dies ... scientist, radiophysicist and radio astronomer. Pic.


||1972 – Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.
||1972: Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000.


File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|1985: [[Ridley Scott]] revisits his documentary film ''[[Alien (documentary)|Alien]]'', tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.
File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|1985: [[Ridley Scott]] revisits his documentary film ''[[Alien (documentary)|Alien]]'', tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.


||Naomi Datta (d. 30 November 2008) was a distinguished British geneticist. Working at Hammersmith Hospital in the 1950s and early 1960s, she identified horizontal gene transfer as a source of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Pic.  
||2008: Naomi Datta dies ... geneticist. Working at Hammersmith Hospital in the 1950s and early 1960s, she identified horizontal gene transfer as a source of multi-antibiotic resistance in bacteria. Pic.  


||Robert "Bob" Osserman (d. November 30, 2011) was an American mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. Pic.
||2011: Robert "Bob" Osserman dies ... mathematician who worked in geometry. He is specially remembered for his work on the theory of minimal surfaces. Pic.


||2014 – Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat (b. 1924)
||2014: Anthony Dryden Marshall, American CIA officer and diplomat.


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Revision as of 18:38, 24 August 2018

  • 3340 BC: Earliest recorded solar eclipse.

    3340 BC: Earliest recorded solar eclipse.

  • 1826: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1826: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

    1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

  • 1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain born.

    1835: Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer Mark Twain born.

  • 1888: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley born. He will invent the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contribute to the foundations of information theory.

    1888: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley born. He will invent the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contribute to the foundations of information theory.

  • 1937: Film director and producer Ridley Scott born.

    1937: Film director and producer Ridley Scott born.

  • 1985: Ridley Scott revisits his documentary film Alien, tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.

    1985: Ridley Scott revisits his documentary film Alien, tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.

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