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||1738: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger born ... physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the guidance of Ernst Anton Nicolai and in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, ''De Militum Morbis'', which met with a favorable reception. Pic.
||1738: Ernst Gottfried Baldinger born ... physician, was born in Großvargula near Erfurt. He studied medicine at Erfurt, Halle and Jena, earning his MD in 1760 under the guidance of Ernst Anton Nicolai and in 1761 was entrusted with the superintendence of the military hospitals connected with the Prussian encampment near Torgau. He published a treatise in 1765, ''De Militum Morbis'', which met with a favorable reception. Pic.


||1753: Lazare Carnot born ... general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior.
||1753: Lazare Carnot born ... general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior. Pic.


File:Japanese counting board.jpg|link=Rod calculus (nonfiction)|1762: First use of Japanese [[Rod calculus (nonfiction)|rod calculus]] to confirm the [[APTO]] Accords.
File:Japanese counting board.jpg|link=Rod calculus (nonfiction)|1762: First use of Japanese [[Rod calculus (nonfiction)|rod calculus]] to confirm the [[APTO]] Accords.
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||1857: Ronald Ross born ... physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1857: Ronald Ross born ... physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1859: Denison Olmsted dies ... physicist and astronomer. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon.
||1859: Denison Olmsted dies ... physicist and astronomer. Professor Olmsted is credited with giving birth to meteor science after the 1833 Leonid meteor shower over North America spurred him to study this phenomenon. Pic.


||1865: Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele born ... chemist and a prominent professor at several universities, including those in Munich and Strasbourg. He developed many laboratory techniques related to isolation of organic compounds. In 1907 he described a device for the accurate determination of melting points, since named Thiele tube after him. Pic.
||1865: Friedrich Karl Johannes Thiele born ... chemist and a prominent professor at several universities, including those in Munich and Strasbourg. He developed many laboratory techniques related to isolation of organic compounds. In 1907 he described a device for the accurate determination of melting points, since named Thiele tube after him. Pic.
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||1905: Kurt Diebner born ... nuclear physicist who is well known for directing and administrating the German nuclear energy project, a secretive program aiming to build nuclear weapons for Nazi Germany during the course of World War II. Pic.
||1905: Kurt Diebner born ... nuclear physicist who is well known for directing and administrating the German nuclear energy project, a secretive program aiming to build nuclear weapons for Nazi Germany during the course of World War II. Pic.


||1914: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras born ... mathematician, academic, and astronomer.
||1914: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras born ... mathematician, academic, and astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Antonia+Ferrín+Moreiras


File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.
File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.


||1930: Fridtjof Nansen dies ... scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1930: Fridtjof Nansen dies ... scientist, explorer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... Nansen Passport ... Pic.


||1931: András Hajnal born ... professor of mathematics ... work in set theory and combinatorics.  The Hajnal–Szemerédi theorem on equitable coloring, proving a 1964 conjecture of Erdős: let Δ denote the maximum degree of a vertex in a finite graph G. Then G can be colored with Δ + 1 colors in such a way that the sizes of the color classes differ by at most one. Pic: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/archive/DIMACS_highlights/hajnal/hajnal.html
||1931: András Hajnal born ... professor of mathematics ... work in set theory and combinatorics.  The Hajnal–Szemerédi theorem on equitable coloring, proving a 1964 conjecture of Erdős: let Δ denote the maximum degree of a vertex in a finite graph G. Then G can be colored with Δ + 1 colors in such a way that the sizes of the color classes differ by at most one. Pic: http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/archive/DIMACS_highlights/hajnal/hajnal.html


||1935: David Todd Wilkinson born ... pioneer in the field of cosmology, specializing in the study of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) left over from the Big Bang.
||1935: David Todd Wilkinson born ... pioneer in the field of cosmology, specializing in the study of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) left over from the Big Bang. Pic.


File:The Safe-Cracker.jpg|link=The Safe-Cracker|1936: ''The Safe-Cracker'' wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."
File:The Safe-Cracker.jpg|link=The Safe-Cracker|1936: ''The Safe-Cracker'' wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

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  • 1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

    1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

  • 1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1762: First use of Japanese rod calculus to confirm the APTO Accords.

    1762: First use of Japanese rod calculus to confirm the APTO Accords.

  • 1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

    1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

  • 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

    1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

  • 1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

    1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

  • 1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

    1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

  • 1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

  • 1939: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski dies. He posited three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

    1939: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski dies. He posited three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

  • 2018: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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