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File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1887: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.
File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1887: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.


||1899: Ernst-Robert Grawitz born ... physician and an SS functionary (Reichsarzt, "arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi era.
||1899: Ernst-Robert Grawitz born ... physician and an SS functionary (Reichsarzt, "arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi era. Pic.


||1897: John G. Bennett born ... mathematician and technologist.
||1897: John G. Bennett born ... mathematician and technologist. Pic.


||1910: C. C. Beck born ... illustrator ... comics.
||1910: C. C. Beck born ... illustrator ... comics.
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1912: Mathematician [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1916: Francis Crick born ... biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1916: Francis Crick born ... biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate.
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||2014: Alexander Imich dies ... chemist, parapsychologist, and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+imich
||2014: Alexander Imich dies ... chemist, parapsychologist, and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+imich
File:Green Sprouts.jpg|link=Green Sprouts (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Green Sprouts (nonfiction)|Green Sprouts]]'' reveals "over three hundred and fifty kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.


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  • 1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini born. He will discover four satellites of the planet Saturn and note the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division will be named after him.

    1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini born. He will discover four satellites of the planet Saturn and note the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division will be named after him.

  • 1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.

    1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.

  • 1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.

    1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.

  • 1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.

    1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.

  • 1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.

    1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.

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