#OnThisDay, 5 Nov 1872, suffragists Susan B Anthony and 13 other women illegally vote in the US Presidential election.
Anthony is subsequently arrested and put on trial. She is found guilty, but refuses to pay the fine. The judge decides not to jail her.
Nine of the voters were initially reported as a "minor topic".
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #Histodons #VotesForWomen
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"We know an object only by acting on it and transforming it."
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget was born #OTD in 1896.
He is known for his work in developmental psychology and epistemology through what he called genetic epistemology. His work sheds light on "intelligence", understood as a specific form of the adaptation of living organisms to their environment, on the evolutionary stages of intelligence in children, and on his theory of learning.
British astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin was born #OTD in 1900.
In 1925 she proposed that stars were composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. Her groundbreaking conclusion was initially rejected, because it contradicted the science of the time, which held that no significant elemental differences distinguished the Sun and Earth. Independent observations eventually proved that she was correct.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73996
French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pianist Pauline Viardot was born #OTD in 1821.
Viardot made her operatic debut in 1839 in London. She performed in a wide range of operas, including works by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Meyerbeer. Viardot was a muse and collaborator to many composers and writers, including Ivan Turgenev. She was influential in the music community, promoting works by young composers such as Johannes Brahms and Gabriel Fauré.
Aerodynamics engineer and mathematician Irmgard Flügge-Lotz was born #OTD in 1903.
She advanced the understanding of aerodynamic pressure on wings and turbine blades, pioneered the theory of discontinuous control systems, and was the first woman named full professor of engineering at Stanford.
English civil servant and author E.R. Eddison died #OTD in 1945.
He is best known for The Worm Ouroboros (1922) and for the Zimiamvian Trilogy set in the imaginary world Zimiamvia. The Worm of Ouroboros shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lord of the Rings first appeared, the critics inevitably compared it to this landmark work. Tolkien himself frankly acknowledged its influence, with warm praise for its imaginative appeal.
English mathematician and barrister Brook Taylor was born #OTD in 1685.
He is best known for his foundational work in calculus, particularly the Taylor series, which is an expansion of functions into infinite sums of derivatives. His work on the Taylor series, first published in 1715 in his book Methodus Incrementorum Directa et Inversa, revolutionized mathematical analysis and laid the groundwork for future developments in calculus.
70 years ago, on November 5, 1955, Doc Brown accidentally invents time travel by slipping, hitting his head on the sink, and getting a vision for the flux capacitor.
#OTD #BackToTheFuture #Movies #CineMastodon #FilmMastodon #80s #OnThisDay #BTTF #Entertainment #PopCulture
Serbian inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist Nikola Tesla was born #OTD in 1856.
Some of Tesla´s inventions and innovations: alternating Current (AC) system; induction motor; Tesla coil; wireless transmission of electricity; radio technology; remote control; neon and fluorescent lighting; X-Ray technology; Tesla turbine; oscillators and frequency generators.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Books by Nikola Tesla at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/5067
French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris Robert de Sorbon died #OTD in 1274.
He was the founder of the Sorbonne, an institution set up to enable secular theology students to study without material hardship. In a deed dated October 21, 1250, Queen Blanche, ceded a house for the residence of poor schoolchildren and the adjoining stables of Pierre Pique-l'Ane, located in rue Coupe-Gueule, in front of the Palais des Thermes.
“It's not the barbarian who threatens us, it's civilization that frightens us.”
Brazilian sociologist and journalist Euclides da Cunha died #OTD in 1909.
His most important work is Os Sertões (Rebellion in the Backlands), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions promoted by the Brazilian government against the rebellious village of Canudos, known as the War of Canudos.
#OTD in 1856.
Wilkie Collins' "Anne Rodway", a story in diary form about a needlewoman and her fiancé investigating the murder of a friend, appears in Household Words (first chapter), as the first English story to feature a woman as the main detective character.
The story is set in mid-19th century London, depicting the harsh realities of life for the working poor.
https://djo.org.uk/household-words/volume-xiv/page-1.html
Bristish astronomer Fiammetta Wilson was born #OTD in 1864.
Wilson is best known for her work as an amateur astronomer focusing on meteor observation. She meticulously recorded and analyzed meteor showers, contributing valuable data to the field. She became one of the first women to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1916. Between the years 1910-20, she observed about 10,000 meteors and accurately calculated the paths of 650 of them.
Agnes Meyer Driscoll, known as "Miss Aggie" or "Madame X'", was born #OTD in 1889.
She was an American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II and was known as "the first lady of naval cryptology." Driscoll played a key role in breaking the Red Book code, a Japanese naval code, in the 1920s. She worked on machine ciphers & contributed to the development of new cryptographic techniques and devices.
#OTD in 1801.
French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery, jointly attributed to Charles Messier. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
He appears to have used telescopes and lenses of his own design; his "Grand Chercheur" ("Great Seeker") seems to have been an instrument with large aperture and short focal length, similar to a "comet seeker".
#OTD in 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published in the US.
The initial manuscript was titled "Go Set a Watchman," featuring Scout Finch as an adult woman. An editor at J.B. Lippincott & Co., suggested extensive revisions, focusing on Scout's childhood instead. Over the next 2 years, Lee reworked the manuscript, shifting the perspective to young Scout & expanding the story to explore themes of racial injustice & moral growth. The title was changed to "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Happy birthday Cesar Lattes, Brazilian physicist who was born #OTD 100 years ago!
He became well-known for his work on cosmic rays. In 1947, while working at the University of Bristol in England with Cecil Powell & Giuseppe Occhialini, he played a crucial role in the discovery of the pion. He also contributed to the early development of the CERN. Lattes worked extensively in Brazil, particularly at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas and the Universidade Estadual de Campinas.
#OTD in 1598.
William Shakespeare's play, The Merchant of Venice (under the title "the Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called the Jewe of Venyce") is entered on the Stationers' Register. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the Stationers' Register licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice
The Merchant of Venice at PG:
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1515
#OTD in 1897.
The writer Jack London sails to join the Klondike Gold Rush, where he will write his first successful stories.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in Alaska and the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
Books by Jack London at PG:
#OTD in 1918.
Emmy Noether's paper, which became known as Noether's theorem was presented at Göttingen, Germany, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.
This is the first of two theorems (see Noether's second theorem) proven by mathematician Emmy Noether in 1915 and published in 1918.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%27s_theorem
Noether's second theorem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%27s_second_theorem
Italian journalist and novelist Matilde Serao died #OTD in 1927.
She was the first woman called to edit an Italian newspaper, Il Corriere di Roma and later Il Giorno. Serao was also the co-founder and editor of the newspaper Il Mattino, and the author of several novels. She never won the Nobel Prize in Literature despite being nominated on six occasions.
Books by Matilde Serao at PG:
https://dev.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/7688
German humanist, scholar, & historian Beatus Rhenanus died #OTD in 1547.
Rhenanus worked as a proofreader & editor for the famous printing house of Froben in Basel. His work "Rerum Germanicarum Libri Tres", published in 1531, provided a comprehensive history of Germany from ancient times to the present & was noted for its use of original sources. The Beatus Rhenanus Library houses many of his manuscripts & personal collections, preserving his legacy.
Canadian writer Mazo de la Roche died #OTD in 1961.
Her first novel, "Possession," was published in 1923. Although it did not achieve significant success, it marked the beginning of her career as a novelist. De la Roche achieved international fame with the publication of "Jalna" in 1927. The "Jalna" series comprises 16 novels, written over a span of more than three decades.
Books by Mazo de la Roche at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/31212
“The understated power of this writing is extraordinary. Something of that sense of human vision seeing beyond the time of its own life’s duration, surely appealed to T. S. Eliot, who published The Silver Darlings and more of Gunn’s novels”
—Prof Alan Riach re-examines Gunn’s legacy
Neil M. Gunn (1891–1973), one of the most important writers of the 20th century Scottish renaissance, was born #OTD, 8 Nov – a 🎂 🧵
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/15637617.neil-gunn-and-the-search-for-scotlands-soul/
Italian draughtsman and printmaker Stefano della Bella died #OTD in 1664.
He received significant support from Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de' Medici. His early works included small prints & book illustrations. Della Bella lived in Paris (1639-50), where he worked for publishers & collected engravings. After returning to Florence in 1650, he continued to produce prints & drawings. He also taught etching & drawing, including Pietro Testa.
![Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1326]
Smithsonian Institution/Science Service, restored by Adam Cuerden - Air and Space Museum online gallery](/proxy/post_attachment/298778/ba1a8a460b.jpg "Photograph of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) at Harvard College Observatory Local number: SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2009-1326]
Smithsonian Institution/Science Service, restored by Adam Cuerden - Air and Space Museum online gallery")
