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File:Maimonides.jpg|link=Maimonides (nonfiction)|Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician [[Maimonides (nonfiction)|Maimonides]] dies. | |||
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:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1862: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine. | File:USS Cairo.jpg|link=USS Cairo (nonfiction)|1862: [[USS Cairo (nonfiction)|USS Cairo]] sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine. | ||
Revision as of 20:58, 9 December 2016
Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.
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.
1994: Diagram of public-key cryptography generation sell for 1.7 million dollars.
2007: Poet and wizard Jan Kochanowski adapts Nebra sky disk for use as scrying engine.