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||1540: Joseph Justus Scaliger born ... religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and ancient Egyptian history. His commentary on Manilius is really a treatise on ancient astronomy, and it forms an introduction to De emendatione temporum; in this work Scaliger investigates ancient systems of determining epochs, calendars and computations of time. Pic.


||1729: Thomas Newcomen dies ... engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine.
||1729: Thomas Newcomen dies ... engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=thomas+newcomen


||1800: Johann Georg Büsch dies ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. Pic.
||1800: Johann Georg Büsch dies ... mathematics teacher and writer on statistics and commerce. Pic.


||1802: Niels Henrik Abel born ... mathematician and theorist.
||1802: Niels Henrik Abel born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic.


File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1816: The British Admiralty dismisses [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]]'s new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1816: The British Admiralty dismisses [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]]'s new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
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||1855: Alfredo Capelli born ... mathematician who discovered Capelli's identity. Pic: https://memim.com/alfredo-capelli.html
||1855: Alfredo Capelli born ... mathematician who discovered Capelli's identity. Pic: https://memim.com/alfredo-capelli.html


||1860: Johannes Max Brückner born ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models.
||1860: Johannes Max Brückner born ... geometer, known for his collection of polyhedral models. Pic: polyhedra.


||1894: Ludwik Hirszfeld born ... microbiologist and serologist. He is considered a co-discoverer of the inheritance of ABO blood types. Pic.
||1894: Ludwik Hirszfeld born ... microbiologist and serologist. He is considered a co-discoverer of the inheritance of ABO blood types. Pic.


||1888: Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
||1888: Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008. PIc.


File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1901: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1901: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.


||1906: Ettore Majorana born ... theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him.  
||1906: Ettore Majorana born ... theoretical physicist who worked on neutrino masses. On March 25, 1938, he disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. The Majorana equation and Majorana fermions are named after him. PIc.


File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] dies.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1910: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] dies.  His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
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File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  born.  His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]]  born.  His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.


||1926: Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
||1926: Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. Pic.


||1930: Neil Armstrong born ... astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon (20 Jul 1969, Apollo 11). He served as a Navy pilot during the Korean War, then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which became NASA), as a civilian test pilot. In 1962, he was the first civilian to enter the astronaut-training program. He gained experience as command pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, which accomplished the first physical joining of two orbiting spacecraft. Later he was commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. From 1971, he worked as professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He was a member of the commission that investigated the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Pic.
||1930: Neil Armstrong born ... astronaut who was the first man to walk on the moon (20 Jul 1969, Apollo 11). He served as a Navy pilot during the Korean War, then joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (which became NASA), as a civilian test pilot. In 1962, he was the first civilian to enter the astronaut-training program. He gained experience as command pilot of the Gemini 8 mission, which accomplished the first physical joining of two orbiting spacecraft. Later he was commander of the Apollo 11 lunar mission. From 1971, he worked as professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He was a member of the commission that investigated the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster. Pic.


||1952: Sameera Moussa dies; assassinated? physicist and academic  
||1952: Sameera Moussa dies; assassinated? physicist and academic. Pic.


||1957: Heinrich Otto Wieland dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1957: Heinrich Otto Wieland dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1964: Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
||1964: Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.


||Royal Raymond Rife dies ... inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography. In the 1930s, he claimed that by using a specially designed optical microscope, he could observe microbes which were too small to visualize with previously existing technology. Rife also reported that a 'beam ray' device of his invention could weaken or destroy the pathogens by energetically exciting destructive resonances in their constituent chemicals. Rife's claims could not be independently replicated, and were discredited by independent researchers during the 1950s.  Pic.
||1971: Royal Rife dies ... inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography. In the 1930s, he claimed that by using a specially designed optical microscope, he could observe microbes which were too small to visualize with previously existing technology. Rife also reported that a 'beam ray' device of his invention could weaken or destroy the pathogens by energetically exciting destructive resonances in their constituent chemicals. Rife's claims could not be independently replicated, and were discredited by independent researchers during the 1950s.  Pic (cool tech).


File:Skip Digits.jpg|link=Skip Digits|1981: Musician and alleged math criminal [[Skip Digits]] begins North American tour.
File:Skip Digits.jpg|link=Skip Digits|1981: Musician and alleged math criminal [[Skip Digits]] begins North American tour.


||1981: Jerzy Neyman dies ... mathematician and statistician.
||1981: Jerzy Neyman dies ... mathematician and statistician. Pic.


||1994: Solomon Kullback dies ... cryptanalyst and mathematician, who was one of the first three employees hired by William F. Friedman at the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, along with Frank Rowlett and Abraham Sinkov.
||1994: Solomon Kullback dies ... cryptanalyst and mathematician, who was one of the first three employees hired by William F. Friedman at the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s, along with Frank Rowlett and Abraham Sinkov. Pic.


||2008: Neil Bartlett dies ... chemist and academic.
||2008: Neil Bartlett dies ... chemist and academic. Synthesized first noble gas compounds. Pic.


||2014: Mathematician and academic Dmitri Anosov dies. He made contributions to dynamical systems theory. Pic.
||2014: Mathematician and academic Dmitri Anosov dies. He made contributions to dynamical systems theory. Pic.


||2016: John Alan Robinson dies ... philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist.  
||2016: John Alan Robinson dies ... philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist. Pic.


Creature_3.jpg|link=Creature 3 (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Creature 3 (nonfiction)|Creature 3]]'' voted Image of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].  
Creature_3.jpg|link=Creature 3 (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Creature 3 (nonfiction)|Creature 3]]'' voted Image of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].  


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Revision as of 10:48, 21 January 2019

  • 1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

    1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.

  • 1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

    1901: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.

  • 1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

    1910: Mathematician Julius Petersen dies. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs is a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.

  • 1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

    1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.

  • 1921: New version of Bernoulli family tree powered by cellular automata.

    1921: New version of Bernoulli family tree powered by cellular automata.

  • 1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

    1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.

  • 1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

    1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

  • 2018: Creature 3 voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Creature 3 voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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