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File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.


||1998: Francis Harry Hinsley dies ... historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic.
File:Harry Hinsley.jpg|link=Harry Hinsley (nonfiction)|1998: Historian and cryptanalyst [[Harry Hinsley (nonfiction)|Francis Harry Hinsley]] dies. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the war.


||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.
||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.

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  • 1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1541: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía publishes Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon ("A Miscellany of Several Gnomon algorithms"), which quickly raises awareness of crimes against mathematical constants across Europe.

    1541: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía publishes Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon ("A Miscellany of Several Gnomon algorithms"), which quickly raises awareness of crimes against mathematical constants across Europe.

  • 1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

    1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

  • 1966: Reverse engineering of Cryptographic numen unexpectedly reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1966: Reverse engineering of Cryptographic numen unexpectedly reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1967: Mathematician, computer scientist, and stand-up comic Tom Kilburn publishes new theory of Cryptographic numina which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1967: Mathematician, computer scientist, and stand-up comic Tom Kilburn publishes new theory of Cryptographic numina which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

    1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

  • 1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

    1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

  • 1998: Historian and cryptanalyst Francis Harry Hinsley dies. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the war.

    1998: Historian and cryptanalyst Francis Harry Hinsley dies. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the war.

  • 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Pink City "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of pink.

    2018: Chromatographic analysis of Pink City "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of pink.

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