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File:René Descartes.jpg|link=René Descartes (nonfiction)|1596: Mathematician and philosopher [[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]] born. He will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.
File:René Descartes.jpg|link=René Descartes (nonfiction)|1596: Mathematician and philosopher '''[[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]]''' born. Descartes will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.
File:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1861: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] retrofitted with military [[scrying engine]] device.
 
File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=|1877: Mathematician and philosopher [[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] dies. He introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
File:Etienne Bezout.jpg|link=Étienne Bézout (nonfiction)|1730: Mathematician and theorist '''[[Étienne Bézout (nonfiction)|Étienne Bézout]]''' born. Bezout's ''Théorie générale des équations algébriques'' will contain much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation.
File:Pin Man.jpg|link=Pin Man|1985: [[Pin Man]] publishes his autobiography.  He will quickly receive both praise and death threats.
 
File:Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter.jpg|link=Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|2003: Mathematician and academic [[Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (nonfiction)|Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter]] dies. He was one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.
File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|1877: Mathematician and philosopher '''[[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]]''' dies. Cournot introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
File:Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania.jpg|link=Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|2017: [[Stomach Oil Exporting Petrels|SOEP cartel]] threatens to shoot [[Stomach oil (nonfiction)|stomach oil smugglers]] on sight.
 
File:The Glass Tweet Game.jpg|link=The Glass Tweet Game|1943: Publication of '''''[[The Glass Tweet Game]]''''', the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse.
 
File:Explorer_1.jpg|link=Explorer 1 (nonfiction)|1970: The spacecraft '''[[Explorer 1 (nonfiction)|Explorer 1]]''' re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States.
 
File:Clifford Shull 1949.jpg|link=Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|2001: Physicist and academic '''[[Clifford Shull (nonfiction)|Clifford Shull]]''' dies. Shull shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.
 
 
 
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  • 1596: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes born. Descartes will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

    1596: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes born. Descartes will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

  • 1730: Mathematician and theorist Étienne Bézout born. Bezout's Théorie générale des équations algébriques will contain much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation.

    1730: Mathematician and theorist Étienne Bézout born. Bezout's Théorie générale des équations algébriques will contain much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of the roots of an equation.

  • 1877: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot dies. Cournot introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

    1877: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot dies. Cournot introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

  • 1943: Publication of The Glass Tweet Game, the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse.

    1943: Publication of The Glass Tweet Game, the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse.

  • 1970: The spacecraft Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States.

    1970: The spacecraft Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States.

  • 2001: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull dies. Shull shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

    2001: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull dies. Shull shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

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