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File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. He will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). | File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. He will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). | ||
George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] dies. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. | File:George_Eastman.jpg|link=George Eastman (nonfiction)|1932: [[George Eastman (nonfiction)|George Eastman]] dies. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. | ||
File:Brion_Gysin_scrying_engine_Hamangia_figurines.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1965: Performance artist and crime-fighter [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Brion_Gysin_scrying_engine_Hamangia_figurines.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1965: Performance artist and crime-fighter [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1644: Hugo Grotius condemns crimes against mathematical constants as a violation of natural law.
1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio.
1878: Adventurer Wallace War-Heels defeats criminal mastermind Baron Zersetzung in single combat.
1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. He will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
1932: George Eastman dies. He founded the Eastman Kodak Company and popularized the use of roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream.
1965: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1973: Physicist and computer scientist Howard H. Aiken dies. He designed the Harvard Mark I computer.
1974: Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.