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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."
||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."
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||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search.
||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search.
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."


||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.
||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.
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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.
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||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]]'' voted Picture 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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