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File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
File:Buckminster Fuller as a young man.jpg|link=Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|1970: Polymath [[Buckminster Fuller (nonfiction)|Buckminster Fuller]] receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
File:Harry Hinsley.jpg|link=Harry Hinsley (nonfiction)|1998: Historian and cryptanalyst [[Harry Hinsley (nonfiction)|Francis Harry Hinsley]] dies. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the war.


||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.
||2000: Robert R. Wilson dies ... American physicist and academic. Pic.

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  • 1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1477: Johannes Schöner born. He will enjoy a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1541: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía publishes Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon ("A Miscellany of Several Gnomon algorithms"), which quickly raises awareness of crimes against mathematical constants across Europe.

    1541: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía publishes Silva de varia algoritmo de gnomon ("A Miscellany of Several Gnomon algorithms"), which quickly raises awareness of crimes against mathematical constants across Europe.

  • 1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

    1547: Johannes Schöner dies. He enjoyed a European wide reputation as an innovative and influential globe maker and cosmographer and as one of the continent's leading and most authoritative astrologers.

  • 1801: Physician, physicist and crime-fighter Giovanni Aldini uses anatomical galvanism to expose trafficking in organic golems by agents of the House of Malevecchio.

    1801: Physician, physicist and crime-fighter Giovanni Aldini uses anatomical galvanism to expose trafficking in organic golems by agents of the House of Malevecchio.

  • 1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

    1962: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl born. He will be a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

  • 1966: Reverse engineering of Cryptographic numen unexpectedly reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1966: Reverse engineering of Cryptographic numen unexpectedly reveals new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1967: Mathematician, computer scientist, and stand-up comic Tom Kilburn publishes new theory of Cryptographic numina which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1967: Mathematician, computer scientist, and stand-up comic Tom Kilburn publishes new theory of Cryptographic numina which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

    1967: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff dies. He designed and constructed high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

  • 1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

    1970: Polymath Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.

  • 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Pink City reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of pink.

    2018: Chromatographic analysis of Pink City reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of pink.

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