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1165: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides questions morality of scrying engines.
1837: Inventor and crime-fighter Charles Grafton Page new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1845: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor born. He will invent set theory, a fundamental area of mathematical inquiry.
1898: Mathematician Emil Artin born. He will work on algebraic number theory, contributing to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions. He also contributed to the pure theories of rings, groups and fields.
1964: Computer scientist Tony Hoare invents dice game based on quicksort.

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-File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|501 BC: Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]].
 File:Maimonides.jpg|link=Maimonides (nonfiction)|1165: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician [[Maimonides (nonfiction)|Maimonides]] questions morality of [[scrying engines]].
 File:Charles Grafton Page.jpg|link=Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|1837: Inventor and crime-fighter [[Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|Charles Grafton Page]] new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].