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||2011: NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
||2011: NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.


||2015: Felix Arnold Edward Pirani dies ... theoretical physicist specializing in gravitational physics and general relativity. Pirani and Herman Bondi wrote a series of articles (1959 to 1989) that established the existence of plane wave solutions for gravitational waves based on general relativity.
||2015: Felix Arnold Edward Pirani dies ... theoretical physicist specializing in gravitational physics and general relativity. Pirani and Herman Bondi wrote a series of articles (1959 to 1989) that established the existence of plane wave solutions for gravitational waves based on general relativity. Pic: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/12150493/Felix-Pirani-mathematician-obituary.html


File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2016: Reality television show ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' fully funded by Kickstarter.
File:Dennis Paulson of Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2016: Reality television show ''[[Dennis Paulson of Mars]]'' fully funded by Kickstarter.

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  • 1610: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen dies. He spent a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

    1610: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen dies. He spent a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.

  • 1738: Mathematician and crime-fighter Johann Bernouli publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which has applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1738: Mathematician and crime-fighter Johann Bernouli publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which has applications in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1853: Banquet held in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon.

    1853: Banquet held in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon.

  • 1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

    1879: Thomas Edison demonstrates incandescent lighting to the public for the first time, in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

  • 1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

    1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

  • 1900: Priest and inventor Hannibal Goodwin dies. He invented and patented rolled celluloid photographic film.

    1900: Priest and inventor Hannibal Goodwin dies. He invented and patented rolled celluloid photographic film.

  • 1969: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to detect and expose Extract of Radium marketing campaign.

    1969: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to detect and expose Extract of Radium marketing campaign.

  • 1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

    1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".

  • 1970: Extract of Radium wishes you a Happy New Year!

    1970: Extract of Radium wishes you a Happy New Year!

  • 2007: The Deep Impact spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).

    2007: The Deep Impact spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).

  • 2016: Reality television show Dennis Paulson of Mars fully funded by Kickstarter.

    2016: Reality television show Dennis Paulson of Mars fully funded by Kickstarter.

  • 2017: Mad King voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2017: Mad King voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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