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File:Alexis Clairault.jpg|link=Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist [[Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|Alexis Clairaut]] born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the ''Principia'' of 1687.
File:Alexis Clairault.jpg|link=Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist [[Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|Alexis Clairaut]] born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the ''Principia'' of 1687.
File:Carl von Linné.jpg|link=Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|Carl Linnaeus]] invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] born either today or yesterday.
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] performs the first test of his electric railway.
||Arthur Scherbius (d. 13 May 1929) was a German electrical engineer who patented an invention for a mechanical cipher machine, later sold as the Enigma machine.
 
File:The Safe-Cracker.jpg|link=The Safe-Cracker|1936: ''The Safe-Cracker'' wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."
File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1937: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
 
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1937: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
 
File:Marguerite Perey.jpg|link=Marguerite Perey (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and chemist [[Marguerite Perey (nonfiction)|Marguerite Perey]] dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.
 
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  • 1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

    1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

  • 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

    1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

  • 1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

    1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

  • 1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

  • 1974: Physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.

    1974: Physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.

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