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||2004: Herman Heine Goldstine dies ... mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers. Pic. | ||2004: Herman Heine Goldstine dies ... mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers. Pic. | ||
||2011: Östen Mäkitalo dies ... engineer and academic dies ... Nordic mobile | ||2011: Östen Mäkitalo dies ... engineer and academic dies ... Nordic mobile. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=%C3%B6sten+m%C3%A4kitalo. | ||
||2012: The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. | ||2012: The United States Air Force's robotic Boeing X-37B spaceplane returns to Earth after a classified 469-day orbital mission. | ||
||2013: Hans Hass dies ... biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater. | ||2013: Hans Hass dies ... biologist and underwater diving pioneer. He was known mainly for being among the first scientists to popularise coral reefs, stingrays and sharks. He pioneered the making of documentaries filmed underwater. Pic. | ||
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|2017: The monster depicted in ''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' is voted Monster of the Year in a survey of 3200 [[Monster (nonfiction)|monsters]]. | File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|2017: The monster depicted in ''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' is voted Monster of the Year in a survey of 3200 [[Monster (nonfiction)|monsters]]. | ||
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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.