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||1823: Edward Jenner dies ... physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from Variolae vaccinae (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1796 in the long title of his Inquiry into the ''Variolae vaccinae'' known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox. Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human". Pic.
||1823: Edward Jenner dies ... physician and scientist who was the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, the world's first vaccine. The terms "vaccine" and "vaccination" are derived from Variolae vaccinae (smallpox of the cow), the term devised by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1796 in the long title of his Inquiry into the ''Variolae vaccinae'' known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox. Jenner is often called "the father of immunology", and his work is said to have "saved more lives than the work of any other human". Pic.
|File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1829: [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] invent new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
János_Bolyai_-_Romanian_postage_stamp_circa_1960.jpg|link=János Bolyai (nonfiction)|1848: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[János Bolyai (nonfiction)|János Bolyai]] publishes new theory of non-Euclidean geometry which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.


File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount in charity benefit for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
|File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1884: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount in charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.


File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He  played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.  
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He  played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.  
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File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.
File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.
||1911: Polykarp Kusch born ... physicist. In 1955, the Nobel Committee gave a divided Nobel Prize for Physics, with one half to going to Kusch for his accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics. Pic.


File:Polykarp Kusch (1955).jpg|link=Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist and academic [[Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|Polykarp Kusch]] born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.
File:Polykarp Kusch (1955).jpg|link=Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist and academic [[Polycarp Kusch (nonfiction)|Polykarp Kusch]] born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.
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||1946: Adriaan van Maanen dies ... astronomer and academic. Van Maanen is well known for his astrometric measurements of internal motions in spiral nebulae; ultimately his data was found to contain serious errors. Pic.
||1946: Adriaan van Maanen dies ... astronomer and academic. Van Maanen is well known for his astrometric measurements of internal motions in spiral nebulae; ultimately his data was found to contain serious errors. Pic.
File:Richard Courant.jpg|link=Richard Courant (nonfiction)|1961: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Richard Courant (nonfiction)|Richard Courant]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
File:Ranger 3-4-5 probe.jpg|link=Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|1962: [[Ranger 3 (nonfiction)|Ranger 3]] is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).


File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|1963: The [[Flying Diner]] announces twice-daily flights between [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
File:Flying Diner.jpg|link=Flying Diner|1963: The [[Flying Diner]] announces twice-daily flights between New Minneapolis, Canada and Saint Paul, Minnesota.


||1974: Johanna Langefeld dies ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. Pic search.
||1974: Johanna Langefeld dies ... guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps. Pic search.
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||2007: Jean David Ichbiah dies ... computer scientist and the initial chief designer (1977–1983) of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. Pic.
||2007: Jean David Ichbiah dies ... computer scientist and the initial chief designer (1977–1983) of Ada, a general-purpose, strongly typed programming language with certified validated compilers. Pic.


File:Green_Spiral_9.jpg|link=Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Green Spiral 9 (nonfiction)|Green Spiral 9]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least a thousand twenty-four kilobytes, perhaps two thousand forty-eight" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].


||2020: Mathematician Louis Nirenberg dies ... made fundamental contributions to linear and nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their application to complex analysis and geometry. Pic.
||2020: Mathematician Louis Nirenberg dies ... made fundamental contributions to linear and nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their application to complex analysis and geometry. Pic.


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  • 1467: Scholar and philosopher Guillaume Budé born. His De Asse et Partibus Eius (1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures, will secure his reputation.

    1467: Scholar and philosopher Guillaume Budé born. His De Asse et Partibus Eius (1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures, will secure his reputation.

  • 1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

    1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

  • 1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.

    1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.

  • 1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.

    1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.

  • 1911: Physicist and academic Polykarp Kusch born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.

    1911: Physicist and academic Polykarp Kusch born. Kusch will make an accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron is greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics; he will be awarded the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics for this accomplishment.

  • 1926: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird makes the first public demonstration of television.

    1926: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird makes the first public demonstration of television.

  • 1933: Mathematician Donald Erik Sarason born. He will make fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO).

    1933: Mathematician Donald Erik Sarason born. He will make fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO).

  • 1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

    1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

  • 1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

    1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

  • 1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between New Minneapolis, Canada and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    1963: The Flying Diner announces twice-daily flights between New Minneapolis, Canada and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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