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File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1930: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] born. He will propose the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.
File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1930: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] born. He will propose the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.


File:Cantor Parabola defies the National Security Agency.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|1965: [[Cantor Parabola]] warns that [[crimes against mathematical constants]] are on the rise.
File:Cantor Parabola defies the National Security Agency.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola|1965: Math photographer [[Cantor Parabola]] warns that [[crimes against mathematical constants]] are on the rise.


||1966: NASA launches Gemini 12.
||1966: NASA launches Gemini 12.

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  • 1675: Mathematician Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).

    1675: Mathematician Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).

  • 1875: Astronomer Vesto Melvin Slipher born. He will perform the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

    1875: Astronomer Vesto Melvin Slipher born. He will perform the first measurements of radial velocities for galaxies, providing the empirical basis for the expansion of the universe.

  • 1904: Mathematician and academic J. H. C. Whitehead born. During the Second World War, he will work with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.

    1904: Mathematician and academic J. H. C. Whitehead born. During the Second World War, he will work with the codebreakers at Bletchley Park.

  • 1930: Physicist Hugh Everett III born. He will propose the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.

    1930: Physicist Hugh Everett III born. He will propose the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.

  • 1965: Math photographer Cantor Parabola warns that crimes against mathematical constants are on the rise.

    1965: Math photographer Cantor Parabola warns that crimes against mathematical constants are on the rise.

  • 2005: The Venus Express successfully performs its first trajectory correction maneuver.

    2005: The Venus Express successfully performs its first trajectory correction maneuver.

  • 2014: Materials engineer and academic Philip G. Hodge dies. He studied the mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials, contributing to plasticity theory including developments in the method of characteristics, limit-analysis, piecewise linear isotropic plasticity, and nonlinear programming applications.

    2014: Materials engineer and academic Philip G. Hodge dies. He studied the mechanics of elastic and plastic behavior of materials, contributing to plasticity theory including developments in the method of characteristics, limit-analysis, piecewise linear isotropic plasticity, and nonlinear programming applications.

  • 2018: Blue Foliage voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Blue Foliage voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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