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||1469 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (d. 1527)
||1469: Niccolò Machiavelli born ... historian and philosopher.


||1695 – Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (d. 1771)
||1695: Henri Pitot born ... physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube.


||Count Francesco Algarotti (d. 1764) was an Venetian polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was "one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age,"[citation needed] a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times
||1764: Francesco Algarotti dies ... polymath, philosopher, poet, essayist, anglophile, art critic and art collector. He was "one of the first Esprits cavaliers of the age,"[citation needed] a man of broad knowledge, an expert in Newtonianism, architecture and music and a friend of most of the leading authors of his times


||1768 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and businessman (d. 1838)
||1768: Charles Tennant born ... chemist and businessman.


File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.
File:John Winthrop.jpg|link=John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|1779: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[John Winthrop (scientist) (nonfiction)|John Winthrop]] dies. He was one of the foremost men of science in America during the 18th century.


||1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.
||1830: The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and include a tunnel.


||1844 – Richard D'Oyly Carte, English talent agent and composer (d. 1901)
||1844: Richard D'Oyly Carte born ... talent agent and composer.


|File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1848: Inventor [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] demonstrates his "lenticular stereoscope" (the first portable, 3D viewing device), now widely used in modern [[scrying engines]].
||1855: American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.
 
||1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.


File:Niles Cartouchian.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1859: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses early form of functional analysis to detect and erase criminal mathematical function [[Forbidden Ratio]].
File:Niles Cartouchian.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1859: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses early form of functional analysis to detect and erase criminal mathematical function [[Forbidden Ratio]].
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File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1860: Mathematician and physicist [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.
File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1860: Mathematician and physicist [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] born. He will be one of the founders of functional analysis, making contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations.


||1874 – Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (d. 1954)
||1874: Vagn Walfrid Ekman born ... oceanographer and academic.


File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1890: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses radio waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1890: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] uses radio waves to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1892 – George Paget Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
||1892: George Paget Thomson born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
||1901: The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.


||1902 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
||1902: Alfred Kastler born ... physicist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician and academic [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.
File:Werner Fenchel.jpg|link=Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician and academic [[Werner Fenchel (nonfiction)|Werner Fenchel]] born. He will establish the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which will, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming.
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File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|1910: Mathematician John Havelock and electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] share Nobel Prize in Physics for [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].


||Aryeh Dvoretzky (b. May 3, 1916) was a Russian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. Pic.
||1916: Aryeh Dvoretzky born ... mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. Pic.


||Patrick Paul Billingsley (b. May 3, 1925) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic.
||1925: Patrick Paul Billingsley born ... mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic.


File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] born.  He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
File:Jacques-Louis Lions.jpg|link=Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician [[Jacques-Louis Lions (nonfiction)|Jacques-Louis Lions]] born.  He will make contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.


||Richard Lewis Arnowitt (b. May 3, 1928) was an American physicist known for his contributions to theoretical particle physics and to general relativity. Pic.
||1928: Richard Lewis Arnowitt born ... physicist known for his contributions to theoretical particle physics and to general relativity. Pic.


||Kikunae Ikeda (d. 3 May 1936) was a Japanese chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.  Pic.
||1936: Kikunae Ikeda dies ... chemist and Tokyo Imperial University professor of Chemistry who, in 1908, uncovered the chemical basis of a taste he named umami.  Pic.


||Margaret Eliza Maltby (d. 3 May 1944) was an American physicist notable for measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions.  
||1944: Margaret Eliza Maltby dies ... physicist notable for measurement of high electrolytic resistances and conductivity of very dilute solutions.  


||1947 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
||1947: Doug Henning born ... magician.


||Maryam Mirzakhani (b. 3 May 1977) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal.
||1977: Maryam Mirzakhani born ... mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 2014, Mirzakhani was honored with the Fields Medal.


||1978 – The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.
||1978: The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Corporation marketing representative to every ARPANET address on the west coast of the United States.


||1988 – Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)
||1988: Lev Pontryagin dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Abraham Seidenberg (d. May 3, 1988) was an American mathematician. Pic.
||1988: Abraham Seidenberg dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||2007 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1923)
||2007: Wally Schirra dies ... captain, pilot, and astronaut.


File:Yellow Spiral.jpg|link=Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|Yellow Spiral]]'' declared Picture of the Day.
File:Yellow Spiral.jpg|link=Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|Yellow Spiral]]'' declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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