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File:Niels Steensen.png|link=Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|1650: [[Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|Niels Steensen]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Curie_and_radium_by_Castaigne.jpg|link=Radium (nonfiction)|1902: Pierre and Marie Curie refine [[Radium (nonfiction)|radium chloride]].
File:Giuseppe Peano.jpg|link=Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician [[Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Peano]] dies. He did pioneering work in mathematical logic and [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]].
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1932: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] exploits death of mathematician [[Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Peano]].
File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg|link=Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|1941: [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]] discovers new form of [[Gnomon algorithm]], reverses entire family of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:Karl Ferdinand Braun.jpg|link=Karl Ferdinand Braun (nonfiction)|1918: Physicist and academic [[Karl Ferdinand Braun (nonfiction)|Karl Ferdinand Braun]] dies. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]] "for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".


File:Giuseppe Peano.jpg|link=Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|1932: Mathematician [[Giuseppe Peano (nonfiction)|Giuseppe Peano]] dies. He did pioneering work in mathematical logic and [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]].


1535 – The sun dog phenomenon observed over Stockholm and depicted in the famous painting Vädersolstavlan.
File:Georg_Feigl.jpg|link=Georg Feigl (nonfiction)|1945: Mathematician [[Georg Feigl (nonfiction)|Georg Feigl]] dies. He worked on the foundations of geometry and topology, studying fixed point theorems for ''n''-dimensional manifolds. Feigl was one of the initial authors of the ''Mathematisches Wörterbuch''.


1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
File:Bay of Pigs.jpg|link=Bay of Pigs Invasion (nonfiction)|1961: Failure of the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion (nonfiction)|Bay of Pigs Invasion]] of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.


1862 – Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard complete the experiment falsifying the theory of spontaneous generation.
File:Clandestiphrine proposal.jpg|link=Clandestiphrine|1962: Traces of [[Clandestiphrine]] residue are detected at the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion (nonfiction)|Bay of Pigs]], raising questions about CIA involvement with [[transdimensional drugs]].


1865 – Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
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1902 – Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
 
1961 – Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

Latest revision as of 04:59, 21 April 2022

  • 1902: Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.

    1902: Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.

  • 1918: Physicist and academic Karl Ferdinand Braun dies. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

    1918: Physicist and academic Karl Ferdinand Braun dies. Braun contributed significantly to the development of radio and television technology, sharing the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Guglielmo Marconi "for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

  • 1932: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano dies. He did pioneering work in mathematical logic and set theory.

    1932: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano dies. He did pioneering work in mathematical logic and set theory.

  • 1945: Mathematician Georg Feigl dies. He worked on the foundations of geometry and topology, studying fixed point theorems for n-dimensional manifolds. Feigl was one of the initial authors of the Mathematisches Wörterbuch.

    1945: Mathematician Georg Feigl dies. He worked on the foundations of geometry and topology, studying fixed point theorems for n-dimensional manifolds. Feigl was one of the initial authors of the Mathematisches Wörterbuch.

  • 1961: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

    1961: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

  • 1962: Traces of Clandestiphrine residue are detected at the Bay of Pigs, raising questions about CIA involvement with transdimensional drugs.

    1962: Traces of Clandestiphrine residue are detected at the Bay of Pigs, raising questions about CIA involvement with transdimensional drugs.

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