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|File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]." | |File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]." | ||
File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=|1918: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]]. | File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|1918: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]]. | ||
||Hing Tong (16 February 1922 – 4 March 2007) was a leading American mathematician. He is well known for providing the original proof of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem. | |||
||Enrico Forlanini (d. 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles. | ||Enrico Forlanini (d. 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles. | ||
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1581: Mathematician and linguist Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac born. He will do work in number theory and find a method of constructing magic squares.
1582: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin uses Copernican system of the solar system to predict imminent outbreak of crimes against mathematical constants.
1859: Alfred Dreyfus born. He will be wrongly convicted of treason during the Dreyfus affair.
1903: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
1918: CIA officer and author E. Howard Hunt born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration.
2017: Artificial intelligence based on the Golden ratio develops genuine gratitude for Michael Maestlin's approximation of the Golden ratio.
