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File:Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr.jpg|link=Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (nonfiction)|1750: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer [[Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr (nonfiction)|Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr]] dies. He published works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.
 
File:Louis Slotin.jpg|link=Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|1910: Physicist [[Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|Louis Slotin]] born. He will be fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the "demon core" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 
File:Aleister Crowley.jpg|link=Aleister Crowley (nonfiction)|1947: Magician and author [[Aleister Crowley (nonfiction)|Aleister Crowley]] dies. He gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press denounced him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.
 
File:Somerton_Man.jpg|link=Tamam Shud case (nonfiction)|1948: [[Tamam Shud case (nonfiction)|Tamam Shud case]]: an unidentified man is found dead at 6:30 am, 1 December 1948, on Somerton beach, Glenelg, just south of Adelaide, South Australia. Public interest in the case remains significant for several reasons: the death occurred at a time of heightened international tensions following the beginning of the Cold War; the apparent involvement of a secret code; the possible use of an undetectable poison; and the inability of authorities to identify the dead man.
 
File:Stellated Octahedron Day.jpg|link=Stellated Octahedron Day|1967: First known occurence of '''''[[Stellated Octahedron Day]]''''' (December 1) celebrating the stellated octahedron, the only stellation of the octahedron.
 
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|1969: The first [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] in the United States is held since World War II.
File:1969 draft lottery scatterplot.svg|link=Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|1969: The first [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] in the United States is held since World War II.
File:Heracles at Behistun.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|[[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] joins military under [[Draft lottery (1969) (nonfiction)|draft lottery]] system.
 
File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]].
File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] honors the life and work of [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]].
File:Omar Khayyam.jpg|link=Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|[[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]], anticipates [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]].
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] results from work by polymath [[Omar Khayyam (nonfiction)|Omar Khayyam]].
File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|[["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 reprogrammed to simulate [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]].
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  • 1750: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr dies. He published works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.

    1750: Mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr dies. He published works on mathematics and astronomy, including sundials, spherical trigonometry, and celestial maps and globes, along with biographical information on several hundred mathematicians and instrument makers.

  • 1910: Physicist Louis Slotin born. He will be fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the "demon core" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1910: Physicist Louis Slotin born. He will be fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the "demon core" at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • 1947: Magician and author Aleister Crowley dies. He gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press denounced him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

    1947: Magician and author Aleister Crowley dies. He gained widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press denounced him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

  • 1948: Tamam Shud case: an unidentified man is found dead at 6:30 am, 1 December 1948, on Somerton beach, Glenelg, just south of Adelaide, South Australia. Public interest in the case remains significant for several reasons: the death occurred at a time of heightened international tensions following the beginning of the Cold War; the apparent involvement of a secret code; the possible use of an undetectable poison; and the inability of authorities to identify the dead man.

    1948: Tamam Shud case: an unidentified man is found dead at 6:30 am, 1 December 1948, on Somerton beach, Glenelg, just south of Adelaide, South Australia. Public interest in the case remains significant for several reasons: the death occurred at a time of heightened international tensions following the beginning of the Cold War; the apparent involvement of a secret code; the possible use of an undetectable poison; and the inability of authorities to identify the dead man.

  • 1967: First known occurence of Stellated Octahedron Day (December 1) celebrating the stellated octahedron, the only stellation of the octahedron.

    1967: First known occurence of Stellated Octahedron Day (December 1) celebrating the stellated octahedron, the only stellation of the octahedron.

  • 1969: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

    1969: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

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