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File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1530: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1530: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Vincenzo Coronelli.jpg|link=Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)|1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer [[Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction)]] born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes. | |||
File:Jacob Bernoulli.jpg|link=Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1705: Mathematician [[Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Jacob Bernoulli]] dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant ''e'', and made important contributions to the field of probability. | File:Jacob Bernoulli.jpg|link=Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1705: Mathematician [[Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Jacob Bernoulli]] dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant ''e'', and made important contributions to the field of probability. | ||
||1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks. | |||
||1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California. | |||
||1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested. | |||
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|2016: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "reduce to well-known [[Crime (nonfiction)|crime]] algorithms." | File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|2016: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "reduce to well-known [[Crime (nonfiction)|crime]] algorithms." | ||
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Revision as of 16:40, 26 June 2017
1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli (nonfiction) born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes.
1705: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant e, and made important contributions to the field of probability.
2016: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "reduce to well-known crime algorithms."