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File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|928: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to solve [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|928: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to solve [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1702: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] born. He will be arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escape four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes. | File:Jack Sheppard - Thornhill.jpg|link=Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|1702: Thief [[Jack Sheppard (nonfiction)|Jack Sheppard]] born. He will be arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escape four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes. | ||
File:Tolman and Einstein.jpg|link=Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|1881: Physicist and chemist [[Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|Richard C. Tolman]] born. He will make important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity. | |||
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1931: US Navy says [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] cannot be tamed, should be put down. | File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1931: US Navy says [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] cannot be tamed, should be put down. | ||
File:Gary Gygax Gen Con 2007.jpg|link=Gary Gygax (nonfiction)|2008: Game designer [[Gary Gygax (nonfiction)|Gary Gygax]] dies. | File:Gary Gygax Gen Con 2007.jpg|link=Gary Gygax (nonfiction)|2008: Game designer [[Gary Gygax (nonfiction)|Gary Gygax]] dies. | ||
File:Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens|2016: ''[[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]'' hailed as "a triumph of art and crime-fighting." | File:Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens|2016: ''[[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]'' hailed as "a triumph of art and crime-fighting." | ||
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928: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi uses Gnomon algorithm to solve crimes against mathematical constants.
1702: Thief Jack Sheppard born. He will be arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escape four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.
1881: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman born. He will make important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
1931: US Navy says Carnivorous dirigibles cannot be tamed, should be put down.
2008: Game designer Gary Gygax dies.
2016: Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens hailed as "a triumph of art and crime-fighting."