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||1900: George Uhlenbeck born ... theoretical physicist. Pic. | ||1900: George Uhlenbeck born ... theoretical physicist. Pic. | ||
||1901: Eliot Porter born ... photographer, chemist, and academic. Pic search | ||1901: Eliot Porter born ... photographer, chemist, and academic. Pic search. | ||
||1904: Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. | ||1904: Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. | ||
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||1963: Archibald Henderson dies ... professor of mathematics who wrote on a variety of subjects, including drama and history. He is well known for his friendship with George Bernard Shaw. Pic. | ||1963: Archibald Henderson dies ... professor of mathematics who wrote on a variety of subjects, including drama and history. He is well known for his friendship with George Bernard Shaw. Pic. | ||
||1967: George Elbert Kimball dies ... professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. Pic search | ||1967: George Elbert Kimball dies ... professor of quantum chemistry, and a pioneer of operations research algorithms during World War II. Pic search. | ||
||1973: Joseph L. Walsh dies ... mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials. Pic. | ||1973: Joseph L. Walsh dies ... mathematician who worked mainly in the field of analysis. The Walsh function and the Walsh–Hadamard code are named after him. The Grace–Walsh–Szegő coincidence theorem is important in the study of the location of the zeros of multivariate polynomials. Pic. | ||
||1974: Robert Ludvigovich Bartini dies ... aircraft designer and scientist, involved in the development of numerous successful and experimental aircraft projects. A pioneer of amphibious aircraft and ground effect vehicles, Bartini was one of the most famous engineers in the Soviet Union. Pic search | ||1974: Robert Ludvigovich Bartini dies ... aircraft designer and scientist, involved in the development of numerous successful and experimental aircraft projects. A pioneer of amphibious aircraft and ground effect vehicles, Bartini was one of the most famous engineers in the Soviet Union. Pic search. | ||
||1980: Charles Deutsch dies ... engineer and businessman, co-founded DB. | ||1980: Charles Deutsch dies ... engineer and businessman, co-founded DB. | ||
||1990: Mathematician Lev Kaluznin dies. He contributed to group theory and abstract groups, notably the Sylow p-subgroups of symmetric groups; he also worked on mathematical linguistics and computer algebra. Pic search | ||1990: Mathematician Lev Kaluznin dies. He contributed to group theory and abstract groups, notably the Sylow p-subgroups of symmetric groups; he also worked on mathematical linguistics and computer algebra. Pic search. | ||
||2005: Richard Grimsdale dies ... electrical engineer and computer pioneer who helped to design the world's first transistorized computer. Pic: https://www.eg.org/wp/obituaries/ | ||2005: Richard Grimsdale dies ... electrical engineer and computer pioneer who helped to design the world's first transistorized computer. Pic: https://www.eg.org/wp/obituaries/ | ||
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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1607: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and counteract geometry solvent.
1788: Astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute dies. She predicted the return of Halley's Comet, calculated the timing of a solar eclipse, and constructed a group of catalogs for the stars.
1919: Physicist Clyde Cowan born. Cowan, along with Frederick Reines, will discover the neutrino in 1956; Reines will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 in both their names.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
1960: Astronomer, astrophysicist, and criminal investigator Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin publishes new theory of stellar metallicity which uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against astronomical constants.
2006: NASA reveals photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the eleventh anniversary of NASA revealing photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017: Butterfly voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.