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||1582: Matteo Tafuri dies ... philosopher, astrologer and physician. Pic: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Tafuri
||1582: Matteo Tafuri dies ... philosopher, astrologer and physician. Pic: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matteo_Tafuri
File:Pierre de Fermat.jpg|link=Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|1629: Mathematician [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Pierre de Fermat]] uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to download award-winning children's book ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]''.


||1724: Georges-Louis Le Sage born ... physicist and is most known for his theory of gravitation, for his invention of an electric telegraph and his anticipation of the kinetic theory of gases. Pic.
||1724: Georges-Louis Le Sage born ... physicist and is most known for his theory of gravitation, for his invention of an electric telegraph and his anticipation of the kinetic theory of gases. Pic.
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||1931: Herbert Saul Wilf born ... mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. Pic.
||1931: Herbert Saul Wilf born ... mathematician, specializing in combinatorics and graph theory. Pic.
File:Submarine and anti-submarine (1919).jpg|link=The Unruly Submarine|1946: Celebrated children's book ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'' wins Caldecott Medal.
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1947: Writer and philosopher [[Culvert Origenes]] publishes critical review of ''[[The Unruly Submarine]]'', calls the award-winning children's book "a prelude to McCarthyism."


||1952: Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
||1952: Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
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||2012: William Standish Knowles dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. He shared half the prize with Ryōji Noyori for their work in asymmetric synthesis, specifically for his work in hydrogenation reactions. Pic.
||2012: William Standish Knowles dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. He shared half the prize with Ryōji Noyori for their work in asymmetric synthesis, specifically for his work in hydrogenation reactions. Pic.


File:Embassy.jpg|link=Embassy (nonfiction)|2017: Signed first edition of ''[[Embassy (nonfiction)|Embassy]]'' stolen from the Louvre in a daring broad daylight raid by agents of the [[Forbidden Ratio]].


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  • 1508: Humanist and philosopher Alessandro Piccolomini born. Piccolomini will promote vernacular translations of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.

    1508: Humanist and philosopher Alessandro Piccolomini born. Piccolomini will promote vernacular translations of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.

  • 1555: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini born. He will support a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.

    1555: Mathematician, cartographer, and astronomer Giovanni Antonio Magini born. He will support a geocentric system of the world, in preference to Copernicus's heliocentric system.

  • 1580: Astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius born. In 1615 he will conduct a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.

    1580: Astronomer and mathematician Willebrord Snellius born. In 1615 he will conduct a large-scale experiment to measure the circumference of the earth using triangulation, underestimating the circumference of the earth by 3.5%.

  • 1773: Polymath and physician Thomas Young born. Young will make notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

    1773: Polymath and physician Thomas Young born. Young will make notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

  • 1831: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell born. His discoveries will help usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

    1831: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell born. His discoveries will help usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

  • 1854: Engineer and inventor Charles Algernon Parsons born. He will invent the compound steam turbine, and work on dynamo and turbine design, power generation, and optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes.

    1854: Engineer and inventor Charles Algernon Parsons born. He will invent the compound steam turbine, and work on dynamo and turbine design, power generation, and optical equipment for searchlights and telescopes.

  • 1931: Mathematician and academic Herbert Saul Wilf born. Wilf specialized in combinatorics and graph theory.

    1931: Mathematician and academic Herbert Saul Wilf born. Wilf specialized in combinatorics and graph theory.

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