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1596: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes born. He will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.
1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military scrying engine device.
1877: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot dies. He introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
1985: Pin Man publishes his autobiography. He will quickly receive both praise and death threats.
2003: Mathematician and academic Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter dies. He was one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
2017: SOEP cartel threatens to shoot stomach oil smugglers on sight.

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 File:René Descartes.jpg|link=René Descartes (nonfiction)|1596: Mathematician and philosopher [[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]] born. He will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.
 File:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1861: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] retrofitted with military [[scrying engine]] device.
+File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=|1877: Mathematician and philosopher [[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] dies. He introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
+File:Pin Man.jpg|link=Pin Man|1985: [[Pin Man]] publishes his autobiography.  He will quickly receive both praise and death threats.
 File:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter.jpg|link=Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|2003: Mathematician and academic [[Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter]] dies.  He was one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
 File:Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|2017: [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP cartel]] threatens to shoot [[Stomach oil (nonfiction)|stomach oil smugglers]] on sight.
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