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File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies.  He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies.  He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.


File:Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.jpg|link=Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|1705: Inventor and priest [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."


||1792: Arthur Lee dies ... physician, diplomat, spy. Pic: coat of arms.
||1792: Arthur Lee dies ... physician, diplomat, spy. Pic: coat of arms.
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File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|link=Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|1901: [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]] receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.
File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|link=Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|1901: [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]] receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.


File:Tesla with ray gun.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla|1903: Electrical engineer, inventor, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Nikola Tesla]] publishes proof that the [[House of Malevecchio]] has financed [[crimes against mathematical constants]] "for at least five hundred and twelve years."
||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search.


||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search book cover: https://www.google.com/search?q=Nelson+James+Dunford+mathematician
||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search.
 
||1920: Fred Kida dies ... illustrator ... Airboy. Pic.


File:Henrietta Swan Leavitt.jpg|link=Henrietta Swan Leavitt (nonfiction)|1921: Astronomer [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt (nonfiction)|Henrietta Swan Leavitt]] dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.
File:Henrietta Swan Leavitt.jpg|link=Henrietta Swan Leavitt (nonfiction)|1921: Astronomer [[Henrietta Swan Leavitt (nonfiction)|Henrietta Swan Leavitt]] dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.
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||1927: Robert Norton Noyce born ... engineer who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the realization of the first integrated circuit or microchip that fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. Pic.
||1927: Robert Norton Noyce born ... engineer who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968. He is also credited (along with Jack Kilby) with the realization of the first integrated circuit or microchip that fueled the personal computer revolution and gave Silicon Valley its name. Pic.


||1928: Stanley Mandelstam born ... theoretical physicist. He introduced the relativistically invariant Mandelstam variables into particle physics in 1958 as a convenient coordinate system for formulating his double dispersion relations. The double dispersion relations were a central tool in the bootstrap program which sought to formulate a consistent theory of infinitely many particle types of increasing spin. Pic seach: https://www.google.com/search?q=stanley+mandelstam
||1928: Stanley Mandelstam born ... theoretical physicist. He introduced the relativistically invariant Mandelstam variables into particle physics in 1958 as a convenient coordinate system for formulating his double dispersion relations. The double dispersion relations were a central tool in the bootstrap program which sought to formulate a consistent theory of infinitely many particle types of increasing spin. Pic seach.


||1955: English engineer Christopher Cockerell files the patent for his new invention, the hovercraft, a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. *Yovisto  Pic.
||1955: English engineer Christopher Cockerell files the patent for his new invention, the hovercraft, a craft capable of traveling over land, water, mud or ice and other surfaces both at speed and when stationary. *Yovisto  Pic.
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||1961: OSCAR 1: The first amateur built satellite, is launched aboard an American Thor-Agena rocket. Pic.
||1961: OSCAR 1: The first amateur built satellite, is launched aboard an American Thor-Agena rocket. Pic.


File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and [[APTO]] meteorological engineer [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] discovers a [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which unifies previous theories of turbulence and random processes. Yaglom's function will quickly find applications in the detection and prevention of [[Crimes against physical constants|crimes against weather]].
File:Dr Robber.jpg|link=Dr. Robber|1966: The Beatles release '''[[Dr. Robber]]'''.


||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.


||File:Public key cryptography.png|link=Public-key cryptography (nonfiction)|1994: Diagram of [[Public-key cryptography (nonfiction)|public-key cryptography generation]] sell for 1.7 million dollars.
||1886: Baron William Sylvester de Ropp, originally Sylvester Wilhelm Gotthard von der Ropp born ... British agent involved in dealings with Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War. He was described as one of the most "mysterious and influential clandestine operators" of the era. No DOD. Pic search.


||1997: Evgenii Landis dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1997: Evgenii Landis dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
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||2001: Ardito Desio dies ... geologist, mountaineer, and cartographer. Desio explored the mountains of Europe, Africa, Asian, and Antarctica. Pic (charming).
||2001: Ardito Desio dies ... geologist, mountaineer, and cartographer. Desio explored the mountains of Europe, Africa, Asian, and Antarctica. Pic (charming).


||2009: Eugene van Tamelen dies ... organic chemist who is especially recognized for his contributions to bioorganic chemistry. He pioneered in what is today called biomimetic synthesis. Pic search groovy: https://www.google.com/search?q=Eugene+van+Tamelen
||2009: Eugene van Tamelen dies ... organic chemist who is especially recognized for his contributions to bioorganic chemistry. He pioneered in what is today called biomimetic synthesis. Pic search groovy.


||2012: North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using an Unha-3 carrier rocket.
||2012: North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using an Unha-3 carrier rocket.


||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic.
||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic.
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' declared Image of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1204: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.

    1204: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.

  • 1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

    1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

  • 1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.

    1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.

  • 1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

    1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

  • 1921: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.

    1921: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.

  • 1966: The Beatles release Dr. Robber.

    1966: The Beatles release Dr. Robber.

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