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File:English Lottery 1566 Scroll.jpg|link=Lottery (nonfiction)|1572: New method for predicting [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery winners]] reveals new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Michael_Stifel.jpg|link=Michael Stifel (nonfiction)|1567: Mathematician, monk, and academic [[Michael Stifel (nonfiction)|Michael Stifel]] dies. Stifel was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther.
File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1965: [[Brion Gysin]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to predict outcome of [[Lottery (nonfiction)|lottery]].
 
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|1966: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered.
File:Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.jpg|link=Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|1860: On his phonautograph machine, [[Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (nonfiction)|Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville]] makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.
File:Sir Tony Hoare 2011.jpg|link=Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|1967: Computer scientist [[Tony Hoare (nonfiction)|Tony Hoare]] to optimize quicksort.
 
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File:Flying Bison.jpg|link=Flying bison|1882: Large herd of [[Flying bison]] (''Bison pterobonasus'') swarms from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Minneapolis, Canada.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_von_Mises
File:Glenn Seaborg.jpg|link=Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|1912: Chemist [[Glenn T. Seaborg (nonfiction)|Glenn T. Seaborg]] born. Seaborg will share the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.  


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Sanders_Peirce
File:Walter Kohn.jpg|link=Walter Kohn (nonfiction)|2016: Theoretical physicist, theoretical chemist, and Nobel laureate [[Walter Kohn (nonfiction)|Walter Kohn]] dies. Kohn developed density functional theory, which makes it possible to calculate quantum mechanical electronic structure by equations involving the electronic density.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg
File:Great Nerd Giveaway Poster.png|link=Minicon 54 (nonfiction)|2019: The [[Minicon 54 (nonfiction)|Minicon 54 Great Nerd Giveaway]] begins. By the end of Minicon 54, hundreds of nerd items will have found new homes, generating an abundance of fun in the process.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Henkin
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  • 1567: Mathematician, monk, and academic Michael Stifel dies. Stifel was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther.

    1567: Mathematician, monk, and academic Michael Stifel dies. Stifel was an Augustinian who became an early supporter of Martin Luther.

  • 1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

    1860: On his phonautograph machine, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville makes the oldest known recording of an audible human voice.

  • 1882: Large herd of Flying bison (Bison pterobonasus) swarms from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1882: Large herd of Flying bison (Bison pterobonasus) swarms from Saint Paul, Minnesota to New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 1912: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg born. Seaborg will share the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

    1912: Chemist Glenn T. Seaborg born. Seaborg will share the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the synthesis, discovery, and investigation of transuranium elements.

  • 2016: Theoretical physicist, theoretical chemist, and Nobel laureate Walter Kohn dies. Kohn developed density functional theory, which makes it possible to calculate quantum mechanical electronic structure by equations involving the electronic density.

    2016: Theoretical physicist, theoretical chemist, and Nobel laureate Walter Kohn dies. Kohn developed density functional theory, which makes it possible to calculate quantum mechanical electronic structure by equations involving the electronic density.

  • 2019: The Minicon 54 Great Nerd Giveaway begins. By the end of Minicon 54, hundreds of nerd items will have found new homes, generating an abundance of fun in the process.

    2019: The Minicon 54 Great Nerd Giveaway begins. By the end of Minicon 54, hundreds of nerd items will have found new homes, generating an abundance of fun in the process.

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