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1765: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut dies. His work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1854: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent outbreak of Kingpin inclination.
1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
2001: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions dies. He made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2019: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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 ||1881: Ebenezer Cunningham born ... mathematician who is remembered for his research and exposition at the dawn of special relativity. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ebenezer+cunningham
-||1886: John Deere dies ... blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company. Pic.
+||1886: John Deere dies ... blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Deere+portrait&oq=John+Deere+portrait
 ||1893: Frederick McKinley Jones born ... inventor and entrepreneur.
-||1897: Odd Hassel born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
+||1897: Odd Hassel born ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
 File:Antikythera mechanism (fragment A front).jpg|link=Antikythera mechanism (nonfiction)|1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the [[Antikythera mechanism (nonfiction)|Antikythera mechanism]], an ancient mechanical analog computer.