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||1954: First successful FORTRAN program run by Harlan Herrick of IBM.  
||1954: First successful FORTRAN program run by Harlan Herrick of IBM.  
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1955: Mathematicians [[Alice Beta]] and [[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]] co-publish a new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1976: Professor Nazım Terzioğlu dies ... mathematicians in Turkish academia. Pic. No birth date.
||1976: Professor Nazım Terzioğlu dies ... mathematicians in Turkish academia. Pic. No birth date.


||1977: The Petrozavodsk phenomenon was a series of celestial events of a disputed nature that occurred on September 20, 1977. The sightings were reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is named after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object was widely reported that showered the city with numerous rays.
File:Petrozavodsk phenomenon photo copy.jpg|link=Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|1977: A series of celestial events of a disputed nature, with sightings reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is commonly known as the [[Petrozavodsk phenomenon (nonfiction)|The Petrozavodsk phenomenon]] after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object which showered the city with numerous rays was widely reported.


File:Paul Erdős.jpg|link=Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|1996: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]] dies. He firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.
File:Paul Erdős.jpg|link=Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|1996: Mathematician and academic [[Paul Erdős (nonfiction)|Paul Erdős]] dies. He firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.


File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|1997: Signed first edition of ''Janet Beta at ENIAC'' sells for five hundred thousand dollars at charity benefit for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|1997: Signed first edition of ''Janet Beta at ENIAC'' sells for five hundred thousand dollars at charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||2000: The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified.
||2000: The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile. The perpetrators remain unidentified.

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  • 1544: Mathematician and crime-fighter Gerolamo Cardano uses the generating circles of hypocycloids (later named Cardano circles or cardanic circles) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1544: Mathematician and crime-fighter Gerolamo Cardano uses the generating circles of hypocycloids (later named Cardano circles or cardanic circles) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1842: Chemist and physicist James Dewar born. He will invent the vacuum flask, which he will use in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.

    1842: Chemist and physicist James Dewar born. He will invent the vacuum flask, which he will use in conjunction with extensive research into the liquefaction of gases.

  • 1977: A series of celestial events of a disputed nature, with sightings reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is commonly known as the The Petrozavodsk phenomenon after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object which showered the city with numerous rays was widely reported.

    1977: A series of celestial events of a disputed nature, with sightings reported over a vast territory, from Copenhagen and Helsinki in the west to Vladivostok in the east. It is commonly known as the The Petrozavodsk phenomenon after the city of Petrozavodsk in Russia (then in the Soviet Union), where a glowing object which showered the city with numerous rays was widely reported.

  • 1996: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős dies. He firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.

    1996: Mathematician and academic Paul Erdős dies. He firmly believed mathematics to be a social activity, living an itinerant lifestyle with the sole purpose of writing mathematical papers with other mathematicians.

  • 1997: Signed first edition of Janet Beta at ENIAC sells for five hundred thousand dollars at charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1997: Signed first edition of Janet Beta at ENIAC sells for five hundred thousand dollars at charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2016: Traveller voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Traveller voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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