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File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses census data to define new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1825: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
File:Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association logo.jpg|link=Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|2012: [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association]] festival honors the life and work of [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]].
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain|2013: Artificial intelligence [[Mark Twain]] visits [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood neighborhood]], lauds May Day celebration.
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1825 – Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses census data to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


1908 – Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.


1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1961: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] warns that U-2 incident may have released a new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
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1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

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