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||1640: Jacques Ozanam born ... mathematician. Pic: book cover. | ||1640: Jacques Ozanam born ... mathematician. Pic: book cover. | ||
||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist. | ||1801: Julius Plücker born ... mathematician and physicist. Pic. | ||
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay. | ||
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File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born. His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory. | File:Julius Petersen.jpg|link=Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|1839: Mathematician [[Julius Petersen (nonfiction)|Julius Petersen]] born. His famous paper ''Die Theorie der regulären graphs'' will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory. | ||
||1840: Ernst Otto Schlick born ... engineer and author ... naval gyroscope stabilization | ||1840: Ernst Otto Schlick born ... engineer and author ... naval gyroscope stabilization. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ernst+Otto+Schlick | ||
||1871: The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology). | ||1871: The University Tests Act allows students to enter the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology). | ||
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||1904: Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday". | ||1904: Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday". | ||
||1908: Vera Atkins born ... intelligence officer ... worked in the French Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War. Pic. | |||
||1910: Julius Weingarten dies ... mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations. Pic. | ||1910: Julius Weingarten dies ... mathematician. He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations. Pic. | ||
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1522: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler uses Gnomon algorithm functions to predict and prevent Crimes against mathematical constants.
1591: Physician, mathematician, and theorist Joseph Solomon Delmedigo born. He will write Elim (Palms), dealing astronomy, physics, mathematics, medicine, metaphysics, and music theory.
1806: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy born. He will play a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invent an electric relay.
1839: Mathematician Julius Petersen born. His famous paper Die Theorie der regulären graphs will be a fundamental contribution to modern graph theory.
1915: Mathematician and academic John Tukey born. He will make important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.
1971: Talk show host Peter Giblets is arrested for smoking cannabis while filming an episode of The Peter Giblets Hour before a live studio audience.
2017: The monster depicted in Do Not Tease Monster is voted Monster of the Year in a survey of 3200 monsters.
2018: Steganographic analysis of Electrical Storm unexpectedly reveals "five hundred to seven hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.