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File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|525 BC: [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]. | File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Heracles (nonfiction)|525 BC: [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]] defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]. | ||
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1642: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], forecasts death of [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]]. | File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1642: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], forecasts death of [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]]. | ||
File:Jacques Binet.jpg|link=Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer [[Jacques Philippe Marie Binet (nonfiction)|Jacques Philippe Marie Binet]] born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra. | |||
File:Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.jpg|link=Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|1876: Mathematician [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to discover new class of continued fractions. | File:Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.jpg|link=Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|1876: Mathematician [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to discover new class of continued fractions. | ||
File:Ayn Rand signature 1949.svg|link=Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|1905: Writer and philosopher [[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] born. | File:Ayn Rand signature 1949.svg|link=Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|1905: Writer and philosopher [[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] born. | ||
File:Bertrand Russell transparent bg.png|link=Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]] dies. | File:Bertrand Russell transparent bg.png|link=Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]] dies. | ||
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1642: Mathematician John Pell invents new type of scrying engine, forecasts death of Bertrand Russell.
1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses Gnomon algorithm to discover new class of continued fractions.
1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.
1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.
