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File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|1724: Mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] helps fugitive and alleged thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] escape thief takers.


File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1724: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.  
File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1724: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.  
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||1852: The astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. Pic.
||1852: The astronomer John Russell Hind discovers the asteroid 22 Kalliope. Pic.
File:Geissler tube.png|link=Geissler tube (nonfiction)|1885: The [[Geissler tube (nonfiction)|Geissler tube]] is declared Electrical Wonder of the Day by the Governor of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. Pic search.
||1886: Marcel Riesz born .. mathematician, known for work on summation methods, potential theory, and other parts of analysis, as well as number theory, partial differential equations, and Clifford algebras. Pic search.
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||1938: LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel. Pic.
||1938: LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel. Pic.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1939: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Colonel Zersetzung]] allegedly  [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George P. Metesky]] to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.


File:George Metesky.jpg|link=George Metesky (nonfiction)|1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George P. Metesky]] places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
File:George Metesky.jpg|link=George Metesky (nonfiction)|1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George P. Metesky]] places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1940: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] secretly invests in [[George Metesky (nonfiction)|George Metesky's bombing campaign]].


||1945: Theodor Vahlen dies ... mathematician who was an ardent supporter of the Nazi Party. He was a member of both the SA and SS. Pic.
||1945: Theodor Vahlen dies ... mathematician who was an ardent supporter of the Nazi Party. He was a member of both the SA and SS. Pic.
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||1974: The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
||1974: The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.
File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]].


||1974: Walther Meissner dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
||1974: Walther Meissner dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
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||1982: Pavel Alexandrov dies ... mathematician and academic ... important contributions to set theory and topology. Pic.
||1982: Pavel Alexandrov dies ... mathematician and academic ... important contributions to set theory and topology. Pic.


File:Robert Hofstadter.jpg|link=Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|1983: Physicist, academic, and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Robert Hofstadter (nonfiction)|Robert Hofstadter]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which use electron scattering in atomic nuclei to detect and prevent [[Crimes against physical constants|crimes against the structure of nucleons]]".
 
||1990: Dmitri Skobeltsyn dies - physicist, academician - paved the way for Carl David Anderson's discovery of the positron by two important contributions: by adding a magnetic field to his cloud chamber (in 1925) , and by discovering charged particle cosmic rays, for which he is credited in Anderson's Nobel lecture. Pic search.


||1992: The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
||1992: The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.
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||2013: Oscar Lanford dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||2013: Oscar Lanford dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
File:Yellow Spiral.jpg|link=Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Yellow Spiral (nonfiction)|Yellow Spiral]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.


||2016: American statesman and write Melvin Lairdborn dies. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. Pic.
||2016: American statesman and write Melvin Lairdborn dies. He was a U.S. congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969 before serving as Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1973 under President Richard Nixon. Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U.S. soldiers from the Vietnam War; he coined the expression "Vietnamization," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces. Pic.


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  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

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